Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work, Wilson has won two Grammy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth4 December 1955
CityJackson, MS
CountryUnited States of America
I've been singing since I was 5 years old. Not in-the-church-thing kind of way. I always made up music. Since I was a little girl. Improvisation was with me from the beginning. It drove my parents crazy. I would sing all the time. To anything. Television show themes. I loved to imitate the sounds.
I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.
Offense-wise, we were not in a scheme. We told the girls they had to play at a higher defensive level.
Are we going to rebuild the Ninth Ward? ... That's the question in the new battle for New Orleans, which is just beginning to take shape.
I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.