She Who Weeps Explained

She Who Weeps
Type:Album
Artist:Cassandra Wilson
Cover:She Who Weeps.jpg
Released:June 25, 1991
Recorded:July, October, November and December 1990
Studio:Systems Two, Brooklyn.
Genre:jazz
Length:40:14
Label:JMT
JMT 834 443
Producer:Cassandra Wilson, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Stefan F. Winter
Prev Title:Live
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:After the Beginning Again
Next Year:1992

She Who Weeps is the fifth studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson. It was released on June 25, 1991.[1]

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow described the album as a "transition of sorts" for the artist, and noted some traces of her earlier M-Base style. Overall, he called the album "Interesting but not overly memorable". John Fordham of The Guardian stated: "This is Cassandra Wilson in 1990, two years after her powerful standards album Blue Skies, and three before she turned to the rootsy, blues-based folk-jazz she still pursues variations on today."

Track listing

  1. "Iconic Memories" (Cassandra Wilson) – 5:07
  2. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:34
  3. "Out Loud (Jeris' Blues)" (Steve Coleman, Wilson) – 4:23
  4. "She Who Weeps" (Mary Fowlkes) – 3:31
  5. "Angel" (Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Saunders) – 4:42
  6. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 10:47
  7. "New African Blues" (Wilson) – 5:32

Personnel

Production notes

Notes and References

  1. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014