Jazz FM

But the music, the piano, the drums that you'll hear re- really do sound like a passage of time, a train, uh, that keeps moving.

And in fact, this song, um, made it onto the Jazz FM playlist a couple of months before we met.

Um, and it was on for a month, and they were playing it every day.

Uh, it's a, it's a wonderful, wonderful tune.

I did some stuff for the BBC World Service.

I did some stuff at Jazz FM.

So I was kind of doing bits and bobs.

And I was kind of writing for magazines as well.

The world has lost a unique musical voice." Time Magazine dubbed Cassandra Wilson as America's best singer back in 2001, and it was with great sadness to hear of her passing last week, aged, as I said, at just seventy years old.

My own personal discovery of Cassandra Wilson was back in the early '90s and the album Jump World, which, uh, was played on Jazz FM by Chris Phillips.

And the following year, I saw her at the Jazz Cafe, and her performance absolutely blew me away, and I've followed her ever since, buying almost every album she's produced.

So I'd like to pay tribute now to Cassandra Wilson with three in a row, kicking off with a track from that Jump World album, and the track "Lies." [singing] Cassandra Wilson, rest in peace.

But it was a Monday.

and it was madness okay so a lot of people were there of course almost the entire Jazz FM was there except Janet, Randy, Harris they were not there Ruby was there with Catherine because she takes care of Catherine Catherine was backstage she was not there but Twill was there Jermaine was there Jackie was there Marley was there Jafar was there of course Prince was there BG wasn't there um Who else? All Jermaine's kids were there.

His daughter, his daughter, well, the woman who, all his kids were there.

His oldest son, Jermaine Jr., and his fiancée was there.

But it was a Monday.

and it was madness okay so a lot of people were there of course almost the entire Jazz FM was there except Janet, Randy, Harris they were not there Ruby was there with Catherine because she takes care of Catherine Catherine was backstage she was not there but Twill was there Jermaine was there Jackie was there Marley was there Jafar was there of course Prince was there BG wasn't there um Who else? All Jermaine's kids were there.

His daughter, his daughter, well, the woman who, all his kids were there.

His oldest son, Jermaine Jr., and his fiancée was there.