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Sings Standards
Compilation album by
Released2002
Recorded1985-1991
Genre Jazz, Blues
Length59:23
Label Verve
Producer Cassandra Wilson, Stefan F. Winter, Steve Coleman, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Richard Seidel
Cassandra Wilson chronology
Belly of the Sun
(2002)
Sings Standards
(2002)
Glamoured
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Sings Standards is a compilation album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, released in 2002. [2]

Track listing

  1. " Polka Dots and Moonbeams" ( Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) — 5:45
  2. " I Wished on the Moon" ( Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker) — 3:33
  3. " 'Round Midnight" ( Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) — 5:57
  4. " Angel" ( Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Saunders) — 4:39
  5. " I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" ( Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) — 5:14
  6. " Chelsea Bridge" ( Billy Strayhorn) — 6:30
  7. " I'm Old Fashioned" ( Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) — 3:06
  8. " Baubles, Bangles & Beads" ( Robert Wright, George Forrest) — 6:36
  9. " Blue Skies" ( Irving Berlin) — 3:09
  10. " Blue in Green" ( Miles Davis, Bill Evans) — 4:09
  11. " Body and Soul" ( Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) — 10:39

Personnel

Production notes

  • Jean-Paul Bourelly – producer
  • Steve Coleman – producer
  • Richard Seidel – producer
  • Danny Kopelson – engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Reeves – mastering
  • Mark Smith – production assistant
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • John Abbott – photography
  • Tom Terrell – liner notes
  • Ken Druker – executive producer
  • Peter Pullman – editing

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position
US Jazz Albums (Billboard) [3] 18

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Allmusic entry for Sings Standards Retrieved October 2009.
  3. ^ "CASSANDRA WILSON: CHART HISTORY". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.