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Play on! [sound recording] : a new musical : original Broadway cast recording.

Title
Play on! [sound recording] : a new musical : original Broadway cast recording.
Author
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
Publication
Studio City, CA : Varèse Sarabande, p1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Anderson, Carl, 1945-2004,
  • De Shields, André, 1946-
  • Freeman, Cheryl,
  • Hamilton, Lawrence,
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003.
  • Oxley, J. Leonard.
  • Pinkins, Tonya,
  • Strayhorn, Billy.
  • West, Cheryl L.
Description
1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Spotlight series
Uniform Title
Songs. Selections
Alternative Title
Songs.
Subjects
Note
  • All songs composed by Duke Ellington, except "Take the 'A' train" by Billy Strayhorn ; arrangements, musical supervision and orchestrations by Luther Henderson ; book by Cheryl L. West, based on the play "Twelfth night" by Shakespeare.
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes and plot synopsis by Sheldon Epps ([12] p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.
Performer (note)
  • Carl Anderson (Duke) ; Andre De Shields (Jester) ; Cheryl Freeman (Vy) ; Lawrence Hamilton (Rev) ; Tonya Pinkins (Lady Liv) ; with suppporting cast ; conducted by J. Leonard Oxley.
Event (note)
  • Recorded April 14, 1997, at The Hit Factory, N.Y.
Contents
  • Take the "A" train (Vy, Ensemble) -- Drop me off in Harlem (Vy, Denizens of Harlem) -- I've got to be rug cutter (Jester, Vy, Cotton Club Dancers) -- I let a song go out of my heart (Duke) -- Mood Indigo (Lady Liv) -- Don't get around much anymore (Vy, Lady Liv) -- Don't you know I care (Rev) -- It don't mean a thing (Jester, Miss Mary, Sweets, Rev) -- I got it bad and that ain't good (Duke, Vy) -- Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce (Vy, Duke, Duke's Band) -- I'm just a lucky so and so (Jester, Cotton Club Dancers) -- Solitude (Vy, Duke, Lady Liv, Rev)
  • I ain't got nothin' but the blues (Lady Liv) -- I'm beginning to see the light (Rev, Cotton Club Dancers) -- I didn't know about you (Vy) -- Rocks in my bed (Sweets, Jester) -- Love you madly (Miss Mary, Sweets) -- Prelude to a kiss (Vy, Duke) -- In a mellow tone (Vy, Duke, Lady Liv, Rev, Denizens of Harlem)
Call Number
*LDC 17647 (F)
Author
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
Title
Play on! [sound recording] : a new musical : original Broadway cast recording.
Imprint
Studio City, CA : Varèse Sarabande, p1997.
Series
Spotlight series
Cast
Carl Anderson (Duke) ; Andre De Shields (Jester) ; Cheryl Freeman (Vy) ; Lawrence Hamilton (Rev) ; Tonya Pinkins (Lady Liv) ; with suppporting cast ; conducted by J. Leonard Oxley.
Event
Recorded April 14, 1997, at The Hit Factory, N.Y.
Added Author
West, Cheryl L.
Anderson, Carl, 1945-2004, singer.
Freeman, Cheryl, singer.
Pinkins, Tonya, singer.
Hamilton, Lawrence, singer.
De Shields, André, 1946- singer.
Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003.
Oxley, J. Leonard. Conductor
Strayhorn, Billy. Take the "A" train.
Publisher No.
Varèse Sarabande VSD-5837
Research Call Number
*LDC 17647 (F) Program notes and plot synopsis on file.
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