Square Roots

Cassandra Wilson · 1985 · first album, co-produced by Steve Coleman

Context

Composition by Cassandra Wilson opening Point of View, her first album, recorded in December 1985 at Systems Two studio in Brooklyn and released in 1986 by the German label JMT. Co-produced by Steve Coleman, it is one of the first records by musicians tied to the M-Base collective. Jean-Paul Bourelly, Lonnie Plaxico and Grachan Moncur III are part of the session.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to M-Base. Among the origins and influences of M-Base: Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, AACM.

By the same artist

• Hellhound on My Trail (1993)

Sources

• EN: Point of View (Cassandra Wilson album)

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