Cassandra Wilson, 2-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, dies at 70
- Cassandra Wilson, a two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, died on Tuesday morning in her native Jackson, Mississippi, at age 70.
- Wilson was dubbed America's best singer by Time magazine in 2001 and was known for her genre-bending contralto voice that expanded traditional jazz boundaries across folk, pop, R&B, and country music.
- She won Grammy Awards for best jazz vocal album in 1997 for 'New Moon Daughter' and in 2009 for 'Loverly,' with four total nominations.
- Born and raised in Jackson to musician Herman B. Fowlkes and teacher Mary Fowlkes, Wilson studied at Millsaps College and Jackson State University before joining Steve Coleman's M-Base Collective in New York City.
- In 2022, Wilson was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, one of the highest honors awarded to jazz musicians in the United States.
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, died on Tuesday morning in Jackson, Mississippi, at age 70. According to the Hinds County Coroner, she passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family, close friends, and her manager.
Wilson was dubbed America's best singer by Time magazine in 2001 and was best known for her genre-bending contralto voice that expanded the boundaries of traditional blues-based jazz, working effortlessly across folk, pop, R&B, country and beyond. Born and raised in Jackson to musician Herman B. Fowlkes and teacher Mary Fowlkes, she showed an early love of music influenced by Motown, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. She studied at Millsaps College and Jackson State University before moving to New York City in the early 1980s, where she joined Steve Coleman's M-Base Collective as its main vocalist.
Wilson won Grammy Awards for best jazz vocal album in 1997 for "New Moon Daughter" and in 2009 for "Loverly," with four total nominations. In 2015, she performed a special concert at the Apollo Theater to commemorate blues singer Billie Holiday's 100th birthday, and released her final album "Coming Forth by Day" that same year as a tribute to Holiday. In 2022, Wilson was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, one of the highest honors awarded to jazz musicians in the United States.
两次格莱美奖得主、爵士歌手卡桑德拉·威尔逊去世，享年70岁
两次格莱美奖得主、爵士歌手、作曲家和制作人卡桑德拉·威尔逊于周二上午在其故乡密西西比州杰克逊去世，享年70岁。据欣兹县验尸官确认，她在家中安详离世，身边围绕着家人、亲密朋友和经纪人。
威尔逊于2001年被《时代》杂志誉为美国最佳歌手，以其独特的女中音跨越传统蓝调爵士乐的边界而闻名，轻松驾驭民谣、流行、节奏布鲁斯、乡村音乐等多种风格。她出生并成长于杰克逊，父亲是音乐家赫尔曼·B·福克斯，母亲是教师玛丽·福克斯，早年受到莫城唱片、迈尔士·戴维斯和塞隆尼斯·蒙克的音乐影响。她在米利萨普斯学院和杰克逊州立大学学习，1980年代初移居纽约，加入史蒂夫·科尔曼的M-Base集体担任主唱。
威尔逊因1997年的专辑《新月女儿》和2009年的《可爱》获得最佳爵士人声专辑格莱美奖，共获四次提名。2015年，她在阿波罗剧院举办特别音乐会纪念蓝调歌手比莉·哈乐黛的百岁诞辰，同年发行最后一张专辑《Coming Forth by Day》作为对哈乐黛的致敬。2022年，威尔逊被任命为美国国家艺术基金会爵士大师，这是美国爵士音乐家获得的最高荣誉之一。