Belly of the Sun

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Belly of the Sun
Studio album by Cassandra Wilson‎
Released	February 26, 2002
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Cassandra Wilson
Professional reviews
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Cassandra Wilson‎ chronology
Traveling Miles (1999) Belly of the Sun (2002) Glamoured (2003)

Belly of the Sun is an album by Cassandra Wilson. It was released on the Blue Note label in 2002.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) — 6:05
2. "Justice" (Wilson) — 5:27
3. "Darkness on the Delta" (Jay Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) — 3:47
4. "Waters of March" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) — 4:26
5. "You Gotta Move" (Mississippi Fred McDowell) — 2:44
6. "Only a Dream in Rio" (James Taylor) — 4:32
7. "Just Another Parade" (Wilson) — 6:05 featuring India.Arie
8. "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) — 5:48
9. "Shelter From the Storm" (Bob Dylan)
10. "Drunk as Cooter Brown"
11. "Show Me a Love"
12. "Road So Clear"
13. "Hot Tamales" (Robert Johnson (musician))
14. "Corcovado" (For Japan only)

There was a promotional version of this album distributed before the album was released that contained 2 extra tracks that were not included on the final release. The promotional copy has "Rock Me Baby (Song)" (B.B. King) After "Shelter From The Storm" and before "Cooter Brown" and "Little Lion" after "Cooter Brown" and before "Show Me A Love". The promotional version was a regular pressed and silkscreened disc (not a CD-R) and came in a cardboard sleeve and had no album artwork.

[edit] Personnel

Cassandra Wilson, vocals on all tracks

India Arie, vocals (7)
"Boogaloo" Ames, piano (3)
Jewell Bass, vocals (6)
Children of M.S.44 (NYC): vocals (4)
Cyro Baptista, percussion, vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
Kevin Breit, mandolin, guitars, vocals, bizouki, omni-chord (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14)
Olu Dara, trumpet (12)
Jeffrey Haynes, percussion, plastic tub, steel pans (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Vasti Jackson, vocals (6)
Xavyon Jamison, drums (1, 2, 6, 11, 12)
Richard Johnston, guitar, vocals (5)
Patrice Moncell, vocals (6)
Mark Peterson, basses (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
Henry Rhodes, vocals (6)
Rhonda Richmond, vocals, piano (5, 7, 12)
Jesse Robinson, electric guitar (11)
Marvin Sewell, guitars (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Cassandra Wilson, sardo, guitar (6, 7)