Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album)

Blue Skies
Studio album by Cassandra Wilson
Released	Feb, 1988
Recorded	Feb, 1988
Genre	jazz
Length	43:30
Label	JMT JMT 834 419
Producer	Stefan F. Winter
Cassandra Wilson chronology
Days Aweigh (1987) Blue Skies (1988) Jumpworld (1990)

Blue Skies is the third studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson. It was released on the JMT label in 1988 and features Wilson performing ten jazz standards accompanied by Mulgrew Miller on piano, Terri Lyne Carrington on drums, and Lonnie Plaxico on bass.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

In a review for Allmusic, Thom Jurek gave the album 3 stars out of five and noted that it was evidence of Wilson's move away from the M-Base style of her previous albums. He said that the album was "Not a masterpiece, but a really compelling first experiment with the more intimate forms and smaller groups Wilson would employ later on." He praised her versions of "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Sweet Lorraine".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Shall We Dance?" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) – 7:21
2. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:46
3. "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" (Lerner and Loewe) – 5:15
4. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Rodgers and Hart) – 4:51
5. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 5:04
6. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 3:07
7. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 5:31
8. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 6:02
9. "Autumn Nocturne" (Kim Gannon, Josef Myrow) – 5:01
10. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 3:07

Personnel

• Cassandra Wilson – vocals
• Mulgrew Miller – piano
• Lonnie Plaxico – bass
• Terri Lyne Carrington – drums

Production notes

• Stefan F. Winter – producer
• Hiroshi Itsuno – executive producer
• Joe Ferla – engineer
• Angela Gomez – assistant engineer
• Adrian VonRipka – mastering
• Steve Byram – cover design
• Günter Mattei – cover design

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1988	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	2

References

1. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
2. Blue Skies at AllMusic
3. Jurek, Thom, "Blue Skies > Review", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved July 23, 2010