Δεύτερο και πιο mean-business άλμπουμ της Cassandra Wilson για την ετικέτα της Blue Note, στην ίδια γραμμή με το προηγούμενο, Blue Light ’till Dawn : ατμοσφαιρικές και λεπτοφυείς, bluesy διασκευές γνωστών κομματιών συνδυασμένων με original, κυρίως δικά της. Εδώ την ακούμε στο Love Is Blindness των U2, και το Solomon Sang, ένα από τα πιο ενδιαφέροντα κομμάτια της. Το New Moon Daughter ήταν η επισφράγιση του break through της προηγούμενης κυκλοφορίας, εξασφαλίζοντάς στην Cassandra το Grammy για την best jazz vocal performance. 📀 📀 Second, and more mean-business, Cassandra Wilson album for Blue Note, in the same vein as the previous Blue Light ’til Dawn : atmospheric and delicate bluesy covers of well-known songs, combined with originals — mostly her own. Here you hear her on U2’s Love Is Blindness and on Solomon Sang, one of the most interesting songs of hers. New Moon Daughter sealed the breakthrough made by the previous release, and earned Cassandra the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.

LOVE IS BLINDNESS
Love is blindness
I don’t want to see
Won’t you wrap the night
Around me
Take my heart
Love is blindness
In a parked car
In a crowded street
You see your love
Made complete
Thread is slipping
Love is blindness
Love is clockworks
And cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel
Squeeze the handle
Blow out the candle
Love is blindness
Love is blindness
I don’t want to see
Won’t you wrap the night
Around me
Oh my love
Blindness
A little death
Without mourning
No call
And no warning
Baby, a dangerous idea
That almost makes sense
Love is drowning
In a deep well
All the secrets
And no one to tell
Take de money
Honey
Blindness
Love is blindness
I don’t want to see
Won’t you wrap the night
Around me
Oh my love
Blindness

SOLOMON SANG
He had silver and gold
Riches untold
And the beast of the field lay at his feet
Everybody bowed
He wondered why or how
It all came to be
No one understood his sorrow
No one saw his pain
He was praying for grace
Ravens pray for rain
And when he stood before the altar
Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Wisdom was his calling
Pride sent him falling
Love was blissful misery
When the days grew dim
Life begin again
In the questions of the Queen
Did she understand his sorrow
Did she see his pain
Vanity and precious stones
Weigh you down the same
But when he laid down with Mekeda
Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Love for woman
Love for God
Not so simple
Not too hard
For the spirit
Pleasure is sweet
And surrender set him free
Free
Set him free
When our time is ended
How will we have spent it
Did we see the beauty in each day
Was it God’s devotion
Behind each emotion
Or did it all just slip away
Can you understand his sorrow
Can you see his pain
Nothing lives forever
But the love that bears your name
And when he stood up in the temple
Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Solomon sang