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Cassandra Wilson at The Additon

Courtesy of YoshisSF | Posted on December 28, 2012

Where

The Additon
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 655-5600

When

Fri, February 22, 2013
8pm & 10pm

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Musicians

About

Thursday, Feb 21 - Saturday, Feb 23

8pm $45
10pm $36

Cassandra Wilson is a jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack who has expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country and folk music into her work. She began playing piano at six, guitar by the age of twelve and was working as a vocalist by the mid-'70s, singing a wide variety of material. After moving to New York City in the early '80s, Cassandra met saxophonist Steve Coleman and became one of the founding members of the M-Base Collective...

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