Cassandra Wilson/Traveling Miles?

[Chrome]

Does anyone have any input on this CD? I've got Wilson's first two and like them very much. But on this, she wrote lyrics to Davis' tunes, right? How does that come off? Are the lyrics any good?

[jazzbo]

I need to dig this one out again and listen to it soon. I don't even remember any of the lyrics! But I do like the cd, I think there are some very good performances on this cd from Cassandra and her backing musicians.

[JSngry]

It works for me.

[Alexander]

I enjoy it. The opening track, a version of "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down," is amazing...

[Morganized]

I have not really been too keen on her more recent work, Belly of the sun and new one Glamour, but this one I like along with her early work. Blue Light Till Dawn, etc.

Traveling Miles is very unique in some was. She brings a lot of respect to the tunes.

It is worth checking out IMO. Not for everyone but there is some good stuff here.

[chuckyd4]

I also thought that first track was amazing. I still spin that one on a regular basis... though I wasn't sure the rest of the album lived up to that killer opening.

[medjuck]

I listened to this a lot when it first came out. Really liked it and found that it increased my enjoyment of the original versions by Miles-- though she doesn't always reference those versions. Her recording stands on its own and seemed to me to be more of a piece than her more recent cds.

Edited January 8, 2004 by medjuck

[montg]

I like this one too. I think Stefon Harris guests on Seven Steps and it really swings. The Cyndi Lauper song Time after Time...well, I really like it (Cassandra's version, that is).

[Bright Moments]

it's worth getting just to listen to regina carter!