MUSIC . . . NEW MOON DAUGHTER

MUSIC . . . NEW MOON DAUGHTER: On jazz singer Cassandra Wilson's latest CD, Wilson covers a broad musical spectrum with jazz versions of songs by U2, Neil Young, The Monkees. "The album marks a new high point for the 40-year-old Wilson, who over the past two decades has become America's most important and daring jazz vocalist," says TIME's Christopher John Farley. "Her voice has the heavy, rolling darkness of a storm cloud, but Wilson isn't given to flashy lightning vocals. She finds emotion in restraint -- her voice murmurs low like distant thunder, or strikes a brief, bright note, like sunlight after rain. New Moon Daughter stands as Wilsons most emotionally rewarding album, a mellow but challenging crescendo of themes from her past work."