Belly of the Sun

Belly of the Sun is an album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson. It was released on the Blue Note label in 2002.^[4]

The title of the CD comes from a line in "Only a Dream in Rio" that Wilson had translated to Yoruba "... just to hear what it sounded like and it was explained [to Wilson] that in the Yoruba translation you would say 'in the belly of the sun.'"^[5]

India.Arie is a guest vocalist on "Just Another Parade".

Recording was done in the Clarksdale, Mississippi train station.^[5]

Track listing

1. "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 6:05
2. "Justice" (Cassandra 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) – 5:17
10. "Drunk as Cooter Brown" (Wilson) – 4:58
11. "Show Me a Love" (Robinson, Wilson) – 3:49
12. "Road So Clear" (Richmond) – 5:22
13. "Hot Tamales" (Robert Johnson) – 1:43
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" (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.

Personnel

• Cassandra Wilson – vocals, sardo, guitar (6, 7)
• 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)

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