CASSANDRA WILSON
Saturday, October 20, 2012; 8:00 PM
Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Rare Houston appearance! 2012 DownBeat Critics Poll winner for Female Vocalist. A two-time Grammy Award
winner with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail, jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson has been described by critic
Gary Giddins as “a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack who has expanded the playing field” by
incorporating blues, country and folk music into her work. Cassandra Wilson's new cd Another Country is out now.
winner with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail, jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson has been described by critic
Gary Giddins as “a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack who has expanded the playing field” by
incorporating blues, country and folk music into her work. Cassandra Wilson's new cd Another Country is out now.
“Her lush, smoky, deep contralto is one of the great instruments in jazz.” – Washington Post
“Wilson’s smoky voice has only grown warmer and more expressive as she’s grown older,
accruing gravity and authority with the years.” – Paste magazine
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