She Who Weeps

She Who Weeps
Studio album by
Cassandra Wilson
ReleasedJune 25, 1991
RecordedJuly, October, November and December 1990
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn.
Genrejazz
Length40:14
LabelJMT
JMT 834 443
ProducerCassandra Wilson, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Stefan F. Winter
Cassandra Wilson chronology
Live
(1991) 		She Who Weeps
(1991) 		After the Beginning Again
(1992)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[6]

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".[2] 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."[4]

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

  • Cassandra Wilson – vocals, drum programming
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar
  • Herman Fowlkes – bass
  • Kevin Bruce Harris – bass
  • Reggie Washington – bass
  • Rod Williams – piano
  • Mark Johnson – drums
  • Tani Tabbal – drums

Production notes

  • Cassandra Wilson – producer
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly – producer
  • Stefan F. Winter – producer, executive producer, packaging
  • Joseph Marciano – engineer
  • Adrian VonRipka – mastering
  • Diana Klein – artwork, illustrations
  • Steve Byram – cover design
  • Günter Mattei – cover design

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1991 Billboard Top Jazz Albums 7

References

  1. ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott, "She Who Weeps > Review", AllMusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved July 23, 2010
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 5871. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b Fordham, John (9 January 2004). "Cassandra Wilson, She Who Weeps". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD". archive.org. p. 1589. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019.