Days Aweigh
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Days Aweigh is the second studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating country, blues and folk music into her...

. It was released on the Winter & Winter
Winter & Winter
Winter & Winter is a Munich-based record label that specializes in jazz and improvised music. Stefan Winter, also the founder of the now-defunct JMT Records, is the founder and executive producer of Winter & Winter...

 label in 1987.

Track listing

  1. "Electromagnolia" (Olu Dara
    Olu Dara
    Olu Dara Jones is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer.-History:...

    , Cassandra Wilson
    Cassandra Wilson
    Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating country, blues and folk music into her...

    ) – 4:45
  2. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin
    Irving Berlin
    Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...

    ) – 2:31
  3. "Days Aweigh" (Jean-Paul Bourelly
    Jean-Paul Bourelly
    Jean-Paul Bourelly is an American jazz fusion and blues rock guitarist.Bourelly was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, his mother American and his father an immigrant from Haiti. Bourelly sang at the Lyric Opera when he was ten years old and learned piano and drums, picking up guitar by age...

    ) – 3:27
  4. "Subatomic Blues" (Wilson) – 4:34
  5. "Apricots on Their Wings" (Henry Threadgill
    Henry Threadgill
    Henry Threadgill is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. Threadgill came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating a range of non-jazz genres....

    ) – 5:49
  6. "If You Only Know How" (Wilson) – 5:07
  7. "You Belong to You" (Wilson) – 4:55
  8. "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein
    Leonard Bernstein
    Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...

    , Betty Comden
    Betty Comden
    Betty Comden was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century...

    , Adolph Green
    Adolph Green
    Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freed's production unit at MGM, during the genre's heyday...

    ) – 5:12
  9. "Black and Yellow" (Rod Williams
    Rod Williams
    Rod Williams is an offensive/defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League. He has been with the Storm since 1999.-External links:*...

    ) – 5:38

Personnel

  • Cassandra Wilson – vocals, guitar
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly
    Jean-Paul Bourelly
    Jean-Paul Bourelly is an American jazz fusion and blues rock guitarist.Bourelly was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, his mother American and his father an immigrant from Haiti. Bourelly sang at the Lyric Opera when he was ten years old and learned piano and drums, picking up guitar by age...

     – guitar
  • Steve Coleman
    Steve Coleman
    Steve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...

     – percussion, sax
  • Mark Johnson – drums
  • Olu Dara
    Olu Dara
    Olu Dara Jones is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer.-History:...

     – cornet, vocals
  • Graham Haynes
    Graham Haynes
    Graham Haynes is an American cornetist, trumpeter and composer, the son of jazz drummer Roy Haynes....

     – trumpet
  • Kenny Davis – bass
  • Kevin Bruce – bass
  • Rod Williams – piano, synthesizer

Production notes:
  • Stefan F. Winter – producer
  • Steve Coleman – producer
  • Cassandra Wilson – producer
  • Joe Marciano – engineer
  • Adrian Von Ripka – mastering
  • Henry Threadgill – arranger
  • Joseph Gasu Rittenberg – photography, cover design
  • Günter Mattei – cover design
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