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.Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014 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 Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitars Lonnie Plaxico – electric bass, acoustic bass Mark Johnson – drums Steve Coleman – percussion alto saxophone Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Production Stefan F. Winter – producer Steve Coleman – producer Joe Marciano – engineer Christine Paxmann – cover design Scott Sternbach – back cover photography Hans Georg Biberstein – photography
Reissue Adrian Von Ripka – remastering Günter Mattei – cover design Joseph Gasu Rittenberg – photography
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