After the Beginning Again
| After the Beginning Again | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | July & August 1991 | |||
| Studio | Systems Two, Brooklyn, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:33 | |||
| Label | JMT JMT 514 001 | |||
| Producer | Cassandra Wilson | |||
| Cassandra Wilson chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [4] |
After the Beginning Again is the sixth studio album by the American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson originally released on the JMT label in 1992[5] and later rereleased on Winter & Winter.[6]
Reception
[edit]AllMusic's Steve Leggett wrote, "When compared to her more mature mid-'90s Blue Note releases, After the Beginning Again sounds much busier, but a listener is left with the nagging feeling that this busyness is covering for the fact that nothing is really going anywhere in particular. Wilson in time would correct all this and grow wonderfully into her material, but on this outing her focus is not quite there yet."[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD wrote that the album was "one of her strongest studio dates", praised "There She Goes" as a "haunting tune", and described the rendition of "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" as "memorably downcast".[3]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Cassandra Wilson except as indicated
- "There She Goes" - 4:08
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) - 6:01
- "Yazoo Moon" (James Weidman, Cassandra Wilson) - 4:27
- "Sweet Black Night" (Kevin Bruce Harris) - 5:06
- "My Corner of the Sky" - 5:38
- "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 6:39
- "Redbone" - 4:24
- "Summer Wind" (Weidman, Wilson) - 5:34
Personnel
[edit]- Cassandra Wilson – vocals
- James Weidman – piano, synthesizers
- Kevin Bruce Harris – electric bass guitar
- Mark Johnson – drums, percussion
- Jeff Haynes – percussion
References
[edit]- ^ a b After the Beginning Again at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. p. 5871. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. p. 1589. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album)
- ^ "Cassandra Wilson – After The Beginning Again". Discogs. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Giddins, Gary (2000). Visions of Jazz: The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 645. ISBN 9780199715206. Retrieved 15 January 2019. - ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography. Retrieved September 26, 2014