Time: 34:36
Size: 79.2 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[3:23] 1. O Pepita Daughter To Be
[4:00] 2. Jasmine
[4:25] 3. Pretty Black One
[3:17] 4. Everything I Do With You
[4:59] 5. Malaguena
[3:30] 6. Dream Dancer
[2:50] 7. Dream Street
[3:49] 8. Rose Tower
[4:19] 9. Tropical Breeze
When Tropical Breeze was recorded in 1980 by the Brazilian group Jasmine, the music world had yet to hear of Cassandra Wilson. 24 at the time, the singer was still six years away from her first album as a leader and her second appearance on records (with altoist Steve Coleman) was five years in the future. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Cassandra Wilson had had seven years of classical piano lessons, learned guitar, and played clarinet in her high school’s concert and marching bands. But it was as a singer that she began working professionally in the mid-1970s, gaining experience in a variety of situations in the South during the five years before she recorded with Jasmine.
Even many of the most devoted Cassandra Wilson fans have probably not heard her debut although virtually every jazz listener now knows who she is. Wilson recorded with Jasmine during a year when she lived in New Orleans, a period when she also worked with Ellis Marsalis and Earl Turbinton. In 1982 she moved to East Orange, New Jersey and began singing in New York including with Dave Holland. An important early turning point was when she met up with Steve Coleman, who at the time was involved in creating new music with a co-op called the M-Base Collective.
The music of M-Base tended to feature crowded ensembles, unpredictable funk rhythms, and very adventurous solos. As the only singer in the collective, Cassandra Wilson had to carve out her own role and somehow she succeeded at not being buried in the ensembles. She also did well singing with Henry Threadgill in the group New Air.
But Cassandra Wilson was too strong a musical personality, and had too many fresh ideas, for her to remain a side person forever. In 1986 she recorded her debut as a leader, Point of View. While that and its follow-up Days Aweigh were outgrowths of her associations with M-Base, 1988’s Blue Skies found her for the first time interpreting standards. Her singing, while strongly influenced by Betty Carter, hinted at her future directions.
Even many of the most devoted Cassandra Wilson fans have probably not heard her debut although virtually every jazz listener now knows who she is. Wilson recorded with Jasmine during a year when she lived in New Orleans, a period when she also worked with Ellis Marsalis and Earl Turbinton. In 1982 she moved to East Orange, New Jersey and began singing in New York including with Dave Holland. An important early turning point was when she met up with Steve Coleman, who at the time was involved in creating new music with a co-op called the M-Base Collective.
The music of M-Base tended to feature crowded ensembles, unpredictable funk rhythms, and very adventurous solos. As the only singer in the collective, Cassandra Wilson had to carve out her own role and somehow she succeeded at not being buried in the ensembles. She also did well singing with Henry Threadgill in the group New Air.
But Cassandra Wilson was too strong a musical personality, and had too many fresh ideas, for her to remain a side person forever. In 1986 she recorded her debut as a leader, Point of View. While that and its follow-up Days Aweigh were outgrowths of her associations with M-Base, 1988’s Blue Skies found her for the first time interpreting standards. Her singing, while strongly influenced by Betty Carter, hinted at her future directions.
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