New Moon Daughter

by Cassandra Wilson

New Moon Daughter cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 March 1996
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:36
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Cassandra Wilson bridges the gap between traditional jazz and contemporary songwriting with this highly acclaimed release. The record features imaginative, deeply resonant reinterpretations of tracks by U2, Son House, and The Monkees, characterized by stark acoustic arrangements and Wilson's smoky, hypnotic vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: death

Tracklist

  1. Strange Fruit (5:36)
  2. Love Is Blindness (4:53)
  3. Solomon Sang (5:56)
  4. Death Letter (4:13)
  5. Skylark (4:08)
  6. Find Him (4:39)
  7. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (4:51)
  8. Last Train To Clarksville (5:16)
  9. Until (6:30)
  10. A Little Warm Death (5:45)
  11. Memphis (5:05)
  12. Harvest Moon (5:15)
  13. 32-20 (5:23)

Credits

  • Cassandra Wilson - primary artist, arranged by, arranged by [basic arrangements and wack tunings], vocals, written-by, vocals, written-by, vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brandon Ross - arranged by, arranged by [voices reprise], acoustic guitar, guitar [octave], electric guitar [rhythm]
  • Hector Castro - stylist [styling]
  • Lonnie Plaxico - bass
  • Graham Haynes - cornet
  • Chris Whitley - resonator guitar [resophonic guitar]
  • Lewis Allan - written-by
  • Kevin Breit - acoustic guitar, resonator guitar [resophonic guitar], banjo [tenor], electric guitar, bouzouki [irish bozouki], electric guitar [lead]

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