Cassandra Wilson, Dance to the Drums Again - 52m 19s

Tracks & Durations

1. Melanin song	5:33
2. Don't look back	4:55
3. Rhytm on my mind	5:39
4. Wonders of your love	4:11
5. Nothin' but a tang	5:57
6. I will be there	5:54
7. Just keep thinking ofeubay	6:02
8. Another rainy day	3:57
9. Amazing grace	4:48
10. Dance to the drummer again	5:15

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Review

On this early-1990s release, guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly began a string of increasingly sympathetic producers. Production, and judicious instrumentation, are crucial to Cassandra Wilson's deep, arch aesthetic. Here, her smoky voice finds a casual, sensuous, tenor-sax richness amid Bourelly's electric-guitar riffing. Her singing suggests many inspirations. Betty Carter and Nina Simone, certainly, but Ella, Sarah, and Billy echo in her poise, personality, and stylishness. Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae come to mind as well. Also formative were Wilson's 1980s contributions to New York's M-Base collective. They involved exploration of all the African-American musics then afloat. M-Base also was committed to artistic self-definition. Here, 6 of the 10 selections are by Wilson, including "Don't Look Back," one of her several anthems of black resilience. --Peter Monaghan

Other Versions

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Dance to the Drums Again

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 52m 17s (-1m 58s)

Dance to the Drums Again

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 52m 16s (-1m 57s)

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