Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American
jazz vocalist and two-time Grammy Award winner from Jackson, Mississippi. Two of her albums,
Blue Skies (1988) and
New Moon Daughter (1996), have topped the US jazz charts, and the latter also won her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1997. More recently, Wilson's latest album
Loverly (2008) also won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009.