Days Aweigh is the second studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson.[5][6] It was originally released on the JMT label in 1987 and later rereleased on Winter & Winter.[7]

Days Aweigh
Studio album by Cassandra Wilson
Released	1987
Recorded	May 1987
Studio	Systems Two, Brooklyn.
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:58
Label	JMT JMT 870012
Producer	Stefan F. Winter, Steve Coleman, Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson chronology
Point of View (1986) Days Aweigh (1987) Blue Skies (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD	[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music	[4]

Reception

Allmusic's Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated that "this is advanced free funk dance music."[1] A reviewer of Dusty Groove wrote: "A haunting set from Cassandra Wilson – freely creative, and a good example of the way that she was one of the few singers pushing the boundaries of jazz vocal expression in the 80s! The set's never too over the top, but it does feature lots of artful touches on the instrumentation – and in the way that Wilson chooses and sings her material. There's a slight bit of a New York downtown edge to the record, although the performance is relatively straightforward overall."[8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Cassandra Wilson; except where indicated

1. "Electromagnolia" (Olu Dara, Cassandra Wilson) – 4:45
2. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) – 2:31
3. "Days Aweigh" (Jean-Paul Bourelly) – 3:27
4. "Subatomic Blues"  – 4:34
5. "Apricots on Their Wings" (Henry Threadgill) – 5:49
6. "If You Only Know How"  – 5:07
7. "You Belong to You"  – 4:55
8. "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 5:12
9. "Black and Yellow" (Rod Williams) – 5:38

Personnel

• Cassandra Wilson – vocals, guitar
• Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar
• Steve Coleman – percussion, saxophone
• Mark Johnson – drums
• Olu Dara – cornet, vocals
• Graham Haynes – trumpet
• Kenny Davis – bass
• Kevin Bruce – bass
• Rod Williams – piano, synthesizer

Production notes:

• Steve Coleman – producer
• Cassandra Wilson – producer
• Stefan F. Winter – executive producer
• Joe Marciano – engineer
• Adrian Von Ripka – mastering
• Henry Threadgill – arranger
• Joseph Gasu Rittenberg – photography, cover design
• Günter Mattei – cover design

References