Point of View (Cassandra Wilson album)

Point of View is the debut studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, recorded in Brooklyn, New York, in December 1985, as the fourth release of the German JMT label in 1986. It was also one of the first albums of a group of musicians around Steve Coleman, that became known as M-Base.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic on the occasion of the albums reissue on Winter & Winter in 2001, Scott Yanow gave the album a star rating of four out of five and praised Wilson's effort to "find a role for her voice" among "overcrowded ensembles". He described Wilson as a "chance-taking singer in a funky M-Base setting."

Track listing

"Square Roots" (Cassandra Wilson) – 4:39

"Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Wilson) – 4:10

"Never" (Steve Coleman, Wilson) – 4:41

"Desperate Move" (Coleman) – 7:58

"Love & Hate" (Grachan Moncur III) – 8:19

"I Am Waiting" (Wilson) – 3:39

"I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:35

"I Thought You Knew" (Jean-Paul Bourelly) – 5:36

Personnel

Band

Cassandra Wilson – vocals, guitar

Grachan Moncur III – trombone

Steve Coleman – alto saxophone, percussion

Jean-Paul Bourelly – electric guitar

Lonnie Plaxico – electric and acoustic bass

Mark Johnson – drums

Production

Stefan F. Winter – producer

Steve Coleman – producer

Joe Marciano – engineer

Adrian Von Ripka – mastering

Christine Paxmann;– cover design

Scott Sternbach – photography

Günter Mattei – cover design for the reissue

Joseph Gasu Rittenberg – photography for the reissue

References

1986 debut albums

Cassandra Wilson albums

JMT Records albums

Winter & Winter Records albums