Ask your mama [sound recording] : written and read by Langston Hughes / music composed by Laura Karpman.

Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Berklee College of Music.
Current holds
0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Stan Getz Library | CD 39165-39166 | Disc 1 | 37684001089193 | Annex | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available | - |
Stan Getz Library | CD 39165-39166 | Disc 2 | 37684001089194 | Annex | Copy hold | Available | - |
Record details
- Physical Description: 2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Surrey, UK : Avie Records, [2015]
- Copyright: ℗2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from disc label. Compact discs. Program notes by Laura Karpman and Langston Hughes (27 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Dedication (4:20) ; Cultural exchange (12:53) ; Ride, red, ride (4:16) ; Shade of pigmeat (7:42) ; Ode to Dinah (10:37) ; Blues in stereo (5:12) ; Horn of plenty (7:39) ; Gospel cha-cha (11:00) -- Disc 2. Is it true? (2:52) ; Ask your mama (6:51) ; Bird in orbit (12:12) ; Jazz muted-show fare, please (17:04). |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Produced by Judith Sherman; co-produced by Leslie Ann Jones and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum. |
Participant or Performer Note: | San Francisco Ballet Orchestra ; George Manahan, conductor, musical director ; Janai Brugger, Angela Brown, Black Thought (of The Roots), Nnenna Freelon, Taura Stinson, Monét Owens, Medusa, Tesia Kwarteng, Erin McGlover, Langstan Hughes, vocals ; Questlove (of The Roots), drums ; Ben Wendel, saxophone ; David Poeb, piano ; M. B. Gordy, percussion ; Bart Samolis, bass ; Firas Hassan, Arabic percussion. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Sugarbox Studios NBC Studios, 2012-2014. |
Summary, etc.: | Musical settings of the poems of Langston Hughes. With the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. |
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Genre: | Songs. Jazz. |