Album

New Moon Daughter

Cassandra Wilson

1996 · Jazz

Rare pressing on Gatefold

New Moon Daughter by Cassandra Wilson

New Moon Daughter is a Jazz album by Cassandra Wilson, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 34 pressings tracked.

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New Moon Daughter is a 1995 studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson that was released by Blue Note. The album reached No. 1 on the US Billboard magazine jazz album chart and won the Grammy Award as the Best Jazz Vocal Performance. Five of the twelve songs on the album were written by Wilson. Cassandra Wilson – vocals, acoustic guitar (track 6) Plus musicians including, amongst others,: Kevin Breit – acoustic guitar (2, 3), resonator guitar (2, 3, 12), electric guitar (4, 8), tenor banjo (4), bouzouki (7), electric lead guitar (11) Brandon Ross – acoustic guitar (2–4, 7–10, 12), octave guitar (2, 6, 9, 13), electric rhythm guitar (11) Lonnie Plaxico – bass (1, 2, 5–9, 11) Mark Peterson – bass (4, 12) Dougie Bowne – floor tom (2), drums (3–5, 7, 8), percussion (4, 12, 13), vibraphone (8), whistling (12) Cyro Baptista – percussion (3, 4, 10–13), Jew's harp (4), shaker (9).

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Tracklist

  1. 1Strange Fruit5:55
  2. 2Love Is Blindness4:57
  3. 3Solomon Sang5:57
  4. 4Death Letter4:13
  5. 5Skylark4:09
  6. 6Find Him4:39
  7. 7I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry4:52
  8. 8Last Train To Clarksville5:23
  9. 9Until6:34
  10. 10A Little Warm Death5:47
  11. 11Memphis5:40
  12. 12Harvest Moon5:02

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Post-Bop & Modal
  • warm
  • meditative
  • bohemian

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Packaging: Standard jewel case with a clear tray and a leaflet double parallel folded to form four panels. Includes the lyrics for the songs written by Cassandra Wilson.
Recorded at The Turtle Creek Barn, Bearsville, NY and Sound On Sound, New York City
Mixed at Sear Sound, New York C

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Cassandra WilsonVOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • Brandon RossACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, OCTAVINA
  • Charles BurnhamVIOLIN
  • Chris WhitleyGUITAR RESONATOR GUITAR
  • Cyro BaptistaJEW'S HARP JEW'S HARP, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
  • Dougie BowneDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, VIBRAPHONE
  • Gary BreitELECTRIC ORGAN ORGAN
  • Gib WhartonGUITAR PEDAL STEEL GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
  • Jeff HaynesBONGOS PERCUSSION
  • Kevin BreitACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, RESONATOR GUITAR BANJO , ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Lonnie PlaxicoBASS
  • Mark PetersonBASS
  • The PeepersBACKING VOCALS
  • Tony CedrasACCORDION

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