Cassandra Wilson's Billie Holiday Homage 'Coming Forth By Day' - #1 Jazz Record

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Cassandra Wilson's otherworldly homage to Billie Holiday, 'Coming Forth By Day' (Legacy Recordings), has opened at #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart. The record, released last week on Billie's 100th birthday, is receiving some of the best reviews of Wilson's career from NPR Music, USA Today, New York Times, New Yorker, Associated Press, and more.

The album boasts a surprising cast of characters: produced by Nick Launay (Nick Cave's producer), string arrangements by Van Dyke Parks, guitar from T Bone Burnett and Nick Zinner, and rhythm section from The Bad Seeds (drummer Thomas Wydler and bassist Martyn P. Casey).

Cassandra will tape a performance for Austin City Limits on April 28th and will headline both New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Newport Jazz Festival this summer. Watch her recent breathtaking Kennedy Center performance via NPR Jazz Night In America: https://n.pr/1IBlyHF

Praise for 'Coming Forth By Day':
"From one singer who gives me chills to another ...only Cassandra Wilson could have delivered such a fantastic tribute" - NPR Music

"A masterful interpreter of songs, Wilson offers a fresh, bold 21st-century take on 11 songs from Holiday's repertoire." - Associated Press

"Cassandra Wilson, jazz's reigning diva, puts a post-modernist spin on classic Holiday performances." - New Yorker

"Broad and dark...Wilson presents songs that Holiday recorded, but revised beyond recognition" - New York Times

"Exquisite performance...cinematic...enchanting" - Wall Street Journal
2015 Tour Dates:
4/23/15 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Symphony
4/25/15 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
4/28/15 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
5/2/15 - Calgary, AB - Jack Singer Concert Hall
5/29/15 - Houston, TX - Miller Outdoor Theatre
8/1/15 - Newport, Rhode Island - Newport Jazz Festival
www.cassandrawilson.com