Days Aweigh

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

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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD[5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music[6]

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

  1. ^ Giddins, Gary (1998). Visions of Jazz: The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 643. ISBN 9780199879533. Retrieved September 26, 2019. Days Aweigh (Cassandra Wilson album).
  2. ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
  3. ^ a b Days Aweigh at AllMusic
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 5871. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD". archive.org. p. 1589. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 475. ISBN 9780753501597. Retrieved September 23, 2019.