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by American jazz singer

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, recorded in Brooklyn, New York, in December 1985, as the fourth release of the German JMT label in 1986.Shimada, T.
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accessed September 26, 2014 It was also one of the first albums of a group of musicians around

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, that became known as

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Reception

Writing for

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on the occasion of the albums reissue on Winter & Winter in 2001,

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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

setting."

Track listing

# "Square Roots" (

) – 4:39 # "

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, Wilson) – 4:10 # "Never" (

, Wilson) – 4:41 # "Desperate Move" (Coleman) – 7:58 # "Love & Hate" (

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) – 8:19 # "I Am Waiting" (Wilson) – 3:39 # " I Wished on the Moon" (

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) – 3:35 # "I Thought You Knew" ( Jean-Paul Bourelly) – 5:36

Personnel

Band *Cassandra Wilson – vocals, guitar *

– trombone *

– alto saxophone, percussion * Jean-Paul Bourelly – electric guitar *

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– 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 {{1980s-jazz-album-stub