Cassandra Wilson
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955-00-00
- Works
- 8
Top works
- 8 Reid Street :
- American Poet! Poems
- American Poet! Poems Volume 2
- American Poet! Poems Volume 3
- American poet!
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Film & TV
Acting · Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz singer, songwriter, musician, actress and producer. A vocalist blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack who has expanded the playing field by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work.
Known for
- Billie Holiday: A Sensation — Self2015
- Treme2010
- Cassandra Wilson In Concert Soft Winds2004
- The Soul of a Man — Self2003
- The Blues — Self2003
- Strange Fruit — Self2002
- The Score — Special Appearance2001
- Jazz Seen — Self2001
- An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell — Self2000
- David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II1999
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- 467,492
- Total plays
- 4,252,301
Tags
jazzfemale vocalistsbluesvocal jazzjazz vocal
Cassandra Wilson (born 4th December 1955) is a U.S. jazz vocalist and two-time Grammy Award winner from Jackson, Mississippi. Two of her albums, Blue Skies (1988) and New Moon Daughter (1996), have topped the US jazz charts, and the latter also won her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1997. More recently, Wilson's album Loverly (2008) also won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009. Wilson's repertoire includes both jazz and blues standards and renditi
Key dates
- Born
- 1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cassandra
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jackson
- Spouse
- Isaach de Bankolé
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
Connections
Categories
1955 births20th-century African-American women20th-century American musicians20th-century American singer-songwriters20th-century American women singers21st-century African-American women singers21st-century American jazz composers21st-century American singer-songwriters21st-century American women composers21st-century American women singersAfrican-American jazz musicians