Released 1986 Length 42:16 Artist Cassandra Wilson Label JMT Records | Recorded December, 1985 Point of View
(1986) Days Aweigh
(1987) Release date 1986 Genre Jazz | |
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Producer Stefan F. Winter, Steve Coleman Similar Days Aweigh, Jumpworld, Dance to the Drums Again, After the Beginning Again, Blue Skies | ||
Point of View is the debut studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, recorded in Brooklyn, New York, in December 1985, as the fourth release of the German JMT label in 1986. It was also one of the first albums of a group of musicians around Steve Coleman, that became known as M-Base.
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Reception
Writing for Allmusic on the occasion of the albums reissue on Winter & Winter in 2001, Scott Yanow gave the album a star rating of four out of five and praised Wilson's effort to "find a role for her voice" among "overcrowded ensembles". He described Wilson as a "chance-taking singer in a funky M-Base setting."
Track listing
- "Square Roots" (Cassandra Wilson) – 4:39
- "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Wilson) – 4:10
- "Never" (Steve Coleman, Wilson) – 4:41
- "Desperate Move" (Coleman) – 7:58
- "Love & Hate" (Grachan Moncur III) – 8:19
- "I Am Waiting" (Wilson) – 3:39
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:35
- "I Thought You Knew" (Jean-Paul Bourelly) – 5:36
Personnel
Production notes:
Songs
1Square Roots4:41
2Blue in Green4:11
3Never4:41
References
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