Days Aweigh

1987 studio album by Cassandra Wilson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Days Aweigh is the second studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson.[1] It was originally released on the JMT label in 1987 and later rereleased on Winter & Winter.[2]

Released1987
RecordedMay 1987
Studio
  • Systems Two (Brooklyn, New York)
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Days Aweigh
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedMay 1987
Studio
  • Systems Two (Brooklyn, New York)
GenreJazz
Length51:58
LabelJMT JMT 870012
Producer
Cassandra Wilson chronology
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(1986)
Days Aweigh
(1987)
Blue Skies
(1988)
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Reception

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AllMusic's Scott Yanow stated that "this is advanced free funk dance music."[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Cassandra Wilson; except where indicated

  1. "Electromagnolia" (Olu Dara, Cassandra Wilson) – 4:45
  2. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) – 2:31
  3. "Days Aweigh" (Jean-Paul Bourelly) – 3:27
  4. "Subatomic Blues"  – 4:34
  5. "Apricots on Their Wings" (Henry Threadgill) – 5:49
  6. "If You Only Know How"  – 5:07
  7. "You Belong to You"  – 4:55
  8. "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 5:12
  9. "Black and Yellow" (Rod Williams) – 5:38

Personnel

  • Cassandra Wilson – vocals, arrangements (4, 6, 7)
  • Rod Williams – synthesizers (1, 3, 6, 9), acoustic piano (2, 4–9), arrangements (9)
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly – electric guitar (1, 3), arrangements (3)
  • Kevin Bruce Harris – electric bass (1, 3, 5, 9)
  • Kenny Davis – acoustic bass (2, 4, 6, 7)
  • Mark Johnson – drums (1–7, 9)
  • Steve Coleman – alto saxophone (4, 7)
  • Olu Dara – cornet (1), vocals (1), arrangements (1)
  • Graham Haynes – trumpet (2, 3, 5–7, 9)
  • Henry Threadgill – arrangements (5, 6)

Production

  • Stefan F. Winter – executive producer, producer
  • Steve Coleman – co-producer
  • Cassandra Wilson – co-producer
  • Joe Marciano – engineer
  • Joseph Gallus Rittenberg – photography, cover design
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly – liner notes

Reissue

  • Adrian Von Ripka – remastering
  • Günter Mattei – cover design

References

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