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Disc 01
 01. "Dedication" 02. "Cultural exchange" 03. "Ride, red, ride" 04. "Shades of pigmeat" 05. "Ode to Dinah" 06. "Blues in stereo" 07. "Horn of plenty" 08. "Gospel cha-cha"
Disc 02
01. "Is it true?" 02. "Ask your mama" 03. "Bird in orbit" 04. "Jazzet muted / Show fare, please"
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San Francisco Ballet Orchestra |
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| Description: | Ask Your Mama by L. Hughes, released 21 June 2019.
This version of Ask Your Mama comes as a 2xCD. - SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ORCHESTRAEpic poetry set to powerful music, brought to life by a cast of legendary performers: Ask Your Mama is an original musical setting by four-time Emmy®-winning composer Laura Karpman, of the 1961 masterpiece by Langston Hughes, delivered with majesty and magnetism by sopranos Janai Brugger and Angela Brown, hip-hop innovators The Roots and Medusa, jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon and others, conducted by Grammy® nominee George Manahan. Ask Your Mama premiered to a sold-out Carnegie Hall in 2009. It has since played from Harlem's Apollo Theater to the Hollywood Bowl, and has reached millions more through media coverage by NPR, PBS, NBC TV, The New Yorker, and the Huffington Post. |
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| No. of tracks: |
12 |
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| Manufacturer No.: |
AV 2346 |
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Classic Crossover
2.362
- Christmas Music 847- Classic Ethno 27- Classic Jazz 122- Classic Pop 774- Classic Rock 19- Jazzy Classic 2- Other Crossover 554- Waltz 6Other Classic 3.468Symphonic Music 14.540
