Cassandra Wilson - Belly of the Sun
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Artist: Cassandra WilsonBrand: Wilson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-03-26
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- The Weight
- Justice
- Darkness on the Delta
- Waters of March
- You Gotta Move
- Only a Dream in Rio
- Just Another Parade
- Wichita Lineman
- Shelter From the Storm
- Drunk as Cooter Brown
- Show Me a Love
- Road So Clear
- Hot Tamales
Music reviews of Belly of the Sun
Music Review: Stories: Tranquil, Summery, and Romantic
Rating: 5 Stars
I became a Cassandra Wilson fan when I heard "You Move Me" from the "Love Jones" soundtrack. Interestingly, the deep huskiness of her voice that attracted me in the first place doesn't necessarily pervade "Belly of the Sun." Those more familiar with her other albums might have already known that, but her softer performances - as in "Waters of March," "Wichita Lineman" and "Shelter from the Storm" - were welcome surprises for me. The stories, though, are perhaps the best part of this album. There are stories about love, the blues, getting drunk with a man in a bar, and self-awareness. The stories pull me in.
My absolute favorite track is "Wichita Lineman": it's wistful, romantic, mellow, and a little melancholy. I have to play it at least three times in a row when I listen to it! Other favorites are "Only a Dream in Rio," "Shelter from the Storm," and "Drunk as Cooter Brown," a fun romp with a bit of a Caribbean feel. It even sounds like she had fun recording it. The song I care for least is probably "You Gotta Move," but it does fit the Southern, bluesy motif of the whole work. I'm just not a big blues person myself.
I think "Belly of the Sun" was a great introduction to Cassandra Wilson's range of talent for me, and I look forward to checking out her other ventures.
Description of Belly of the Sun
Belly of The Sun, her fourth release for Blue Note Records, is the classic Cassandra Wilson journey, where borders and boundaries are sometimes pushed, sometimes expanded, sometimes eliminated but always discounted as limitations. Embracing Blues, African, Jazz, R&B, Brazilian and pop sensibilities, Belly of the Sun, is an invitation into the many sounds that have filtered through the musical landscape of the South. Featuring both original material and startling interpretations of material by other songwriters such as The Band, Bob Dylan and Robert Johnson, Belly of The Sun is full of the power of Cassandra's Mississippi roots and the roots of American music.By now, it's a moot point whether Cassandra Wilson is singing jazz or not. By unifying what were once considered disparate styles and song forms with her languorously rich vocals and offbeat instrumental textures, she has become the queen of her own genre. Largely recorded at a one-time train station in her native Mississippi, Belly of the Sun ranges from country-blues great Fred McDowell's gritty "You Gotta Move" (popularized by the Rolling Stones and here featuring acoustic-guitar wiz Richard Johnston) to Brazilian immortal Antonio Carlos Jobim's winsome "Waters of March" (featuring a children's choir) to a hauntingly feminized version of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman." Revealing her command of narrative material, Wilson draws seductive meaning from Bob Dylan's "Shelter from the Storm" and the Band's "The Weight." Featuring Kevin Breit and Marvin Sewell on all manner of guitars and related string instruments, Belly of the Sun also boasts three strong Wilson originals, including "Just Another Parade," a jazzy-soulful duet with India Arie, and "Show Me a Love." As her own producer, Wilson comes up with less compelling backgrounds than Craig Street, who produced her darker-tinged breakthrough albums. Still, this is her most seamless, smoothest-flowing, and most effortlessly expansive recording. "I need to feel some rich black soil that's moist between my toes," she sings. You can feel her Southern roots in the grooves as well. --Lloyd Sachs
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