An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends
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An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends is a live album by Harry Belafonte
, released in 1997. The album is the soundtrack of a concert, televised by PBS in March 1997. It was also released as a concert video. In 2003 the concert video was also released on dvd.
Production notes:
Harry Belafonte
Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...
, released in 1997. The album is the soundtrack of a concert, televised by PBS in March 1997. It was also released as a concert video. In 2003 the concert video was also released on dvd.
Track listing
- "We Are the Wave (Jake HolmesJake HolmesJake Holmes is an American singer-songwriter and jingle writer who began a recording career in the 1960s...
, Richard Cummings, The Soul Brothers) – 3:52 - "Turn The World Around" (Harry Belafonte, Robert Freedman) – 6:14
- "Island In The Sun (Lord BurgessLord BurgessIrving Louis Burgie, better known as Lord Burgess, is a songwriter, born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926, or possibly on July 28, 1924. His mother was from Barbados and his father was from Virginia....
, Harry Belafonte) – 4:36 - "Skin to Skin" (Holmes, Godfrey Nelson) – 4:44
- "Kwela (Listen To The Man" (Holmes, S. M. Nkabinda) – 5:33
- "Eyala" (Richard BonaRichard BonaRichard Bona is a jazz bassist and musician. His real African name, as he said live in Montreal in a show with Bobby McFerrin, is Bona Pinder Yayumayalolo...
) – 3:46 - "Matilda, Matilda" (Thomas) – 9:50
- "Dangerous Times" – 4:50
- "Try To Remember" (Tom JonesTom Jones (writer)Tom Jones is a lyricist of musical theatre. His best known work is The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 until 2002, and the hit song from the same, Try to Remember. Other songs from "The Fantasticks" include "Soon It's Gonna Rain", "Much More" and "I Can See It"...
, Harvey SchmidtHarvey SchmidtHarvey Lester Schmidt is an American composer for musical theatre. He is best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 - 2002.-Biography:...
) – 4:29 - "Paradise in Gazankulu" (Holmes, Oben Ngobeni) – 7:15
- "Eyando" (Bona) – 3:02
- "Jamaica FarewellJamaica Farewell"Jamaica Farewell" is a calypso about the beauties of the West Indian Islands.The lyrics for the song were written by Lord Burgess . Lord Burgess was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926. His mother was from Barbados and his father was from Virginia. The song first appeared on Harry Belafonte's...
" (Burgess) – 6:44 - "Day-O" (Banana Boat SongBanana Boat Song"Day-O " is a traditional Jamaican mento folk song, the best-known version of which was sung by Harry Belafonte. Although it is really Jamaican mento, the song is widely known as an example of calypso music. It is a song from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas...
) (William AttawayWilliam AttawayWilliam Alexander Attaway was an African American novelist, short story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright, and screenwriter.-Early Life:...
, Belafonte) – 7:40
Personnel
- Harry BelafonteHarry BelafonteHarold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...
– vocals - Richard BonaRichard BonaRichard Bona is a jazz bassist and musician. His real African name, as he said live in Montreal in a show with Bobby McFerrin, is Bona Pinder Yayumayalolo...
– solos on "Eyala" and "Eyando", guitar - Mamadou Ba – bass
- Morris GoldbergMorris GoldbergSaxophonist Morris Goldberg, was born in Cape Town, South Africa and grew up in the area known as Observatory. He is recognised as one of the early pioneers of Cape Jazz, along with Dollar Brand and Chris McGregor. He left South Africa in the Apartheid years to study in New York, where he now...
– woodwinds - Dan Carillo – guitar
- Domonic Kanza – guitar
- Galen "Lenny" Underwood – keyboards, background vocals
- James R. Sebastian – drums
- Edison Da Silva – percussion
- Emedin Rivera – percussion
- LaTanya Hall – background vocals
- Gwendolyn Jackson – background vocals
- Sam McKelton – background vocals
- Fluitt – background vocals
Production notes:
- David Belafonte – producer, engineer, mixing
- Harry Belafonte – executive producer, liner notes
- Kooster McCallister – engineer
- Michael Halsband – photography
- Joanne Savio – photography