From the archives: Jazz artist Cassandra Wilson
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- Two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died on Sept. 1, 2026, at age 70.
- A 1997 CBS "Sunday Morning" profile revisited Wilson’s early musical influences, including her parents, Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens.
- The archive feature also includes Wilson’s 1998 interview with Robbie Robertson at the Woodstock recording studio Big Pink.
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer who died at 70 on Sept. 1, 2026, is remembered in a 1997 "Sunday Morning" profile about the influences that shaped her music.
In the interview, Wilson spoke with correspondent Billy Taylor about her early inspirations. She discussed the role of her parents, as well as singers including Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens.
The archive presentation also includes Wilson working as a "Sunday Morning" correspondent herself. In a report broadcast in 1998, she interviewed The Band musician Robbie Robertson at Big Pink, the Woodstock recording studio.
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