Days Aweigh

Days Aweigh is the second studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson.[1] It was originally released on the JMT label in 1987 and later rereleased on Winter & Winter.[2]

Days Aweigh
Studio album by
Cassandra Wilson
Released1987
RecordedMay 1987
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn.
GenreJazz
Length51:58
LabelJMT JMT 870012
ProducerStefan F. Winter, Steve Coleman, Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson chronology
Point of View
(1986)		 Days Aweigh
(1987)		 Blue Skies
(1988)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD[5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music[6]

AllMusic's Scott Yanow stated that "this is advanced free funk dance music."[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Cassandra Wilson; except where indicated

  1. "Electromagnolia" (Olu Dara, Cassandra Wilson) – 4:45
  2. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) – 2:31
  3. "Days Aweigh" (Jean-Paul Bourelly) – 3:27
  4. "Subatomic Blues"  – 4:34
  5. "Apricots on Their Wings" (Henry Threadgill) – 5:49
  6. "If You Only Know How"  – 5:07
  7. "You Belong to You"  – 4:55
  8. "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 5:12
  9. "Black and Yellow" (Rod Williams) – 5:38

Personnel
  • Cassandra Wilson – vocals, guitar
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar
  • Steve Coleman – percussion, saxophone
  • Mark Johnson – drums
  • Olu Dara – cornet, vocals
  • Graham Haynes – trumpet
  • Kenny Davis – bass
  • Kevin Bruce – bass
  • Rod Williams – piano, synthesizer

Production notes:

  • Steve Coleman – producer
  • Cassandra Wilson – producer
  • Stefan F. Winter – executive producer
  • Joe Marciano – engineer
  • Adrian Von Ripka – mastering
  • Henry Threadgill – arranger
  • Joseph Gasu Rittenberg – photography, cover design
  • Günter Mattei – cover design

References
  1. Giddins, Gary (1998). Visions of Jazz: The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 643. ISBN 9780199879533. Retrieved 26 September 2019. Days Aweigh (Cassandra Wilson album).
  2. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
  3. Days Aweigh at AllMusic
  4. Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 5871. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. Cook, Richard. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD". archive.org. p. 1589. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 475. ISBN 9780753501597. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.