CASSANDRA Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70.

Wilson’s longtime manager, Robert Torre, confirmed she died early Wednesday morning in Jackson, Mississippi. No cause of death has been released.

Over a career that made her one of modern jazz’s most distinctive voices, Wilson was celebrated not just as a vocalist but as a songwriter and producer too — an artist who shaped her own sound rather than simply stepping into someone else’s.

News of her death prompted tributes across jazz circles, where her influence has long stretched beyond genre boundaries and into the wider music world.

Further details have not been announced.