Belafonte At Carnegie .. Hall Limited Vinyl 2LP Set

Harry Belafonte Belafonte At Carnegie .. Hall Limited Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:
Harry Belafonte has always been a musical chameleon. Using a thick base of folk music, he added blues, soul, jazz, pop and a plethora of various Caribbean styles to create albums that were unique, socially relevant and just plain entertaining. The first of his two essential live recordings produced by Bob Bollard at New York's famed Carnegie Hall features material culled from two identical performances on April 19 and April 20, 1959 to benefit The New Lincoln School and Wiltwyck Scholl respectively.

Belafonte At Carnegie Hall was documented at the height of the singer's success when it wasn't fashionable to record outside of the studio environment, yet it proved to be an artistic and commercial breakthrough for the music legend, earning a nomination for Album of the Year at the 1961 Grammy Awards and lingering on the charts for over three years. The revered 19-track affair is divided into the three acts Moods of the American Negro, In the Caribbean, and Round the World, and finds Belafonte's world class voice wonderfully supported by a a small combo of two guitars, bass, and percussion, and a perfectly timed 47-piece orchestra conducted by Robert Corman.

Featured Tracks:
LP1
1. Introduction - Darlin' Cora
2. Sylvie
3. Cotton Fields
4. John Henry
5. Take My Mother Home
6. The Marching Saints
7. Day O
8. Jamaica Farewell
9. Man Piaba
10. All My Trials

LP2
1. Mama Look A Boo Boo
2. Come Back Liza
3. Man Smart (woman Smarter)
4. Hava Nageela
5. Danny Boy
6. Merci Bon Dieu
7. Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma
8. Shenandoah
9. Matilda