Fela - Original Broadway Cast Recording: FELA!
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Artist: FelaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2010-06-08
Music Label: Knitting Factory
Soundtracks:
- Everything Scatter
- BID (Breaking It Down) High Life (Medzi Medzi)/Yellow Fever
- Trouble Sleep
- Teacher
- Black President (scene)
- Lover
- Upside Down
- Expensive Shit
- I.T.T. (International Thief Thief)
- Kere Kay
- Water Get No Enemy
- Torture (scene)
- Zombie
- Trouble Sleep (reprise)
- Na Poi
- Sorrow, Tears And Blood
- Sorrow After Testimonials (scene/interlude)
- Dance of the Orisas (Shakara)
- Rain
- Coffin Head of State
- Kere Kay (act II)
- Gentleman (bows)
Music reviews of Original Broadway Cast Recording: FELA!
Music Review: Great companion to the music of FELA !
Rating: 5 Stars
I'm blown away... I've been listening to FELA's music since I was in my early teens... I have every album from which these tunes came so I definitely know his sound. The cast album catches it, and to boot, the lyrics are changed to plain English, so now you can better understand the meaning of the tunes if you don't understand the Yoruba words.
Even if you're not too keen on the idea of a Broadway musical about FELA, I think the album is definitely worth the purchase for this reason alone, and again, it really does capture the Africa 70/Egypt 80 sound, a fete in itself since Fela and Tony Allen had such a distinctive sound. The album could pretty much pass for the real thing.
As for the musical, regrettably I'm out of country now, otherwise I'd probably go to see it many times. Really though, he deserves a movie, not just a stage play. This was definitely a larger than life man.
As an anecdote, FELA sometimes would do gigs where he refused to go on stage unless the owner of the clubs gave him more money... One time in Philly he had his band play and play and play but refused to come out, but then only appeared for a short time... because of that, I regret that I decided not to catch his show the time I had a good opportunity to... now FELA is no longer with us, and since he was an idol of mine, I deeply regret it. Well, here's the second chance...!
Description of Original Broadway Cast Recording: FELA!
Recorded in one day in early March, the record documents the magic of the hit Broadway musical that The New York Times, TimeOut NY and New York Magazine called the 'Best of 2009!'FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording features the incomparable Sahr Ngaujah as Fela singing with the irrepressibly funky Anitbalas. All 16 of the Fela compositions that are performed on stage each night are on the record as are several songs performed by Funmalayo as played by Lilias White, and Sandra Izadore as played by Saycon Sengbloh. The record was produced by Robert Sher who has been nominated for many Broadway Cast Recording Grammys.
Based on the life of groundbreaking African composer and performer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, FELA! is the critically acclaimed Broadway musical that uses Fela's music to explore his life as an artist, political activist and revolutionary musician.
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones with arrangements by Aaron Johnson and Antibalas, FELA! is a provocative hybrid of concert, dance and musical theatre. The cast recording captures the electricity and joy that thousands have experienced at the Eugene O'Neill Theater every night since the play opened on November 23, 2009. The record is a document of that experience, yet at the same time is a musical statement in its own right.
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