| Point of View | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | December 1985 | |||
| Studio | Systems Two, Brooklyn. | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:16 | |||
| Label | JMT | |||
| Producer | Stefan F. Winter,Steve Coleman | |||
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Point of View is the debutstudio album by American jazz singerCassandra Wilson, recorded in Brooklyn, New York, in December 1985, as the fourth release of the GermanJMT label in 1986.[1] It was also one of the first albums of a group of musicians aroundSteve Coleman, that became known asM-Base.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music | |
Writing forAllmusic on the occasion of the albums reissue onWinter & Winter in 2001,Scott Yanow 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 funkyM-Base setting."[7]
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Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album).