Cassandra Wilson, Blues-Rooted Jazz Icon, Dies at 70
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Jazz icon Cassandra Wilson, a Grammy-winning vocalist rooted in Mississippi blues who opened for Miles Davis and toured with Wynton Marsalis, died at 70 in Jackson, Mississippi; she preferred to be described as a musician rather than merely a jazz singer.
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