The Short List of Things to Do

A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

Cassandra Wilson's Loverly

Cassandra Wilson

A distinctively dusky-voiced singer who can work jazz's boundaries with pop, avant-garde and blues, here assembles an album of standards echoing her breakthrough Blue Skies (1988). A few tracks are a little too standard, but more often a languid beat kicks in, and Wilson's subtle phrasing, filled with cunning pauses, casts its steamy spell.

Grade: B+

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