Cassandra Wilson’s ‘Coming Forth Day By Day’ is and album of moody, soulful interpretations of one of Wilson’s biggest influences – Billie Holliday – and the languid opener, sung in a low, dark growl sets the benchmark for the set. ‘Billie’s Blues’ has a hypnotic, trance like vibe while many of the tracks have an almost ‘otherworldly’ aura about them, namely the strange-jazz of ‘Crazy He Calls Me’, the ebb and flow of ‘All Of Me’ and the light and shade of ‘Good Morning Heartache’. ‘You Got To My Head’ is a welcome break from the more opiated feel of the previous tracks. ‘Strange Fruit’ is covered almost reverentially while the final track is the only self-penned cut on the album, the sorrowful ‘Last Song (For Lester)’ an ode to Holliday’s musical love Lester Young.
Track listings:
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01 Don’t Explain by Cassandra Wilson
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02 Billie’s Blues by Cassandra Wilson
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03 Crazy He Calls Me by Cassandra Wilson
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04 You Go to My Head by Cassandra Wilson
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05 All of Me by Cassandra Wilson
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06 The Way You Look Tonight by Cassandra Wilson
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07 Good Morning Heartache by Cassandra Wilson
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08 What a Little Moonlight Can Do by Cassandra Wilson
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09 These Foolish Things by Cassandra Wilson
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10 Strange Fruit by Cassandra Wilson
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12 I’ll Be Seeing You by Cassandra Wilson
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13 Last Song (For Lester) by Cassandra Wilson
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