Dance to the Drums Again
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dance to the Drums Again
| type = studio album
| artist = Cassandra Wilson
| cover = Dance to the Drums Again.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = January 1992
| venue =
| studio = Systems Two, Brooklyn
| genre = Jazz
| length = 51:36
| label = Columbia
| producer = Cassandra Wilson, Jean-Paul Bourelly
| prev_title = After the Beginning Again
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Blue Light 'til Dawn
| next_year = 1993
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1=AllMusic
| rev1score={{rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Cassandra Wilson - Dance to the Drums Again |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dance-to-the-drums-again-mw0000094275 |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=15 January 2019}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Larkin|first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofp008lark/page/5870/mode/2up?q=cassandra+wilson |accessdate=7 August 2020 |page=5871|language=en}}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD
| rev3score={{rating|2|4}}{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD |url=https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_3/page/752/mode/2up?q=masekela |accessdate=7 August 2020 |page=1589|language=en}}
| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide
}}
Dance to the Drums Again is the seventh studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, released in 1992 via Columbia label.{{cite web |title=Cassandra Wilson – Dance To The Drums Again |url=https://www.discogs.com/Cassandra-Wilson-Dance-To-The-Drums-Again/release/492378 |website=Discogs |accessdate=15 January 2019}}{{cite book |last1=Gourse |first1=Leslie |title=Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists |date=1996 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195355550 |page=[https://archive.org/details/madamejazzcontem0000gour/page/262 262] |url=https://archive.org/details/madamejazzcontem0000gour |url-access=registration |quote=dance to the drums again cassandra wilson. |accessdate=15 January 2019}}
Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow noted that with this album, Wilson was at the "crossroads of her career". A reviewer for New York wrote: "This disc benefits greatly from the strength of the material most of which was penned by Wilson and guitarist-co-producer Jean-Paul Bourelly".{{cite journal |title=Cassandra Wilson: Dance to the Drums Again |journal=New York |date=14 June 1993 |page=26A |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vScAAAAAMBAJ&dq=dance+to+the+drums+again+cassandra+wilson&pg=PA95 |accessdate=15 January 2019}}
Track listing
All songs by Jean-Paul Bourelly and Cassandra Wilson unless otherwise noted.
- "Melanin Song" – 5:33
- "Don't Look Back" – 4:55
- "Rhythm on My Mind" – 5:39
- "Wonders of Your Love" (James Weidman, Wilson) – 4:11
- "Nothin' But a Thang" – 5:57
- "I Will Be There" – 5:54
- "Just Keep Thinking of Eubay" – 6:02
- "Another Rainy Day" (Wilson) – 3:57
- "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 4:48
- "Dance to the Drummer Again" (Wilson) – 5:15
Personnel
- Cassandra Wilson – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, engineer, mixing
- Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar, baritone guitar, guitar synthesizer, synthesizer, engineer, mixing
- Doc Rhythm Boss – percussion
- Kevin Bruce Harris – bass, electric guitar
- Jeff Haynes – percussion
- Kevin Johnson – drums
- Mark Johnson – drums
- Bill McClellan – drums
- James Weidman – synthesizer, piano, drums
- Rod William – synthesizer
Production notes
- Produced by Cassandra Wilson and Jean-Paul Bourelly
- Joseph Marciano – engineer, mixing
- Sandy Summers Head – assistant producer
- Kazunori Sugiyama – project coordinator
- Abigayle Tarsches – cover photo