The Messenger

Tracklist

• 1
  Nature Boy
  6:09
• 2
  April in Paris
  5:11
• 3
  The Beauty of All Things
  8:07
• 4
  The Dance
  1:33
• 5
  Prayer for Mr. Davis
  6:03
• 6
  Endless
  4:48
• 7
  Tanya Jean
  10:16
• 8
  It's Just a Thing
  4:31
• 9
  Ginger Bread Boy
  5:02
• 10
  Prelude to a Kiss
  5:27
• 11
  Time of the Season
  5:53
• 12
  The Messenger
  9:01

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Release credits

• Cassandra Wilson
  vocal [11]
• Dave Onderdonk
  guitar [2, 4, 11]
• Ed Petersen
  tenor saxophone [6, 12]
• Eddie Johnson
  tenor saxophone [10]
• Eric Hochberg
  bass [7-8, 11]
• Kurt Elling
  vocal
• Laurence Hobgood
  piano, synthesizer
• Orbert Davis
  flugelhorn [5], trumpet [2]
• Paul Wertico
  membranophone [1-5, 7-9, 11], percussion [2, 11]
• Rob Amster
  double bass [1-5, 9-10, 12]

Issues

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  The Messenger

  CD
  1997
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  T
  The Messenger

  CD
  1997