Album · 2001
Tracklist
Tania: An Opera Of Abduction And Revolution
1-1 Overture 2:42
Scene 1
1-2 I Like The Bran Kind Better 4:02
Scene 2
1-3 You Sure Eat A Lot 2:00
Scene 3
1-4 Hiit'sfriday 1:38
Scene 4
1-5 There Are Necessary Things 4:38
Scene 5
1-6 Who Will Play Me? 2:58
1-7 After The Fire 1:05
1-8 And The Funk Goes This Way 1:56
1-9 Once Upon A Time 4:23
1-10 Step Into The Rage 0:54
1-11 Private Jet, Cadillac 0:54
1-12 Transition To Scene 6 1:19
Scene 6
1-13 Hey, The Revolution's Coming 2:21
1-14 Beautiful Patriots 1:43
1-15 I Remember The Cadillac 2:21
1-16 I'm The Smoke In Your Jumbo JEt 1:38
1-17 Hipatty 1:51
1-18 In The Claws Of The Eagle 1:59
2-1 Interlude 1:47
Scene 7
2-2 If My Name Were Susan Ford 1:54
2-3 Hello America 2:47
Scene 8
2-4 Your Dad Is The President 2:12
2-5 Once There Was A Child 4:27
Scene 9
2-6 Small White Bird 3:40
Scene 10
2-7 My Lover ... 1:35
Scene 11
2-8 She Landed On The Beach 1:43
Scene 12
2-9 Hello America, Eat These 0:48
Scene 13
2-10 Fucking, Fascist, Bourgeois Pig 1:02
Scene 14
2-11 Umoja 4:17
Scene 15
2-12 There Was Once A Time 4:30
Scene 16
2-13 You Sure Eat A Lot (2) 1:29
Scene 17
2-14 If I Were A Black Man 2:00
Scene 18
2-15 There Aren't Any Heroes Left 4:43
2-16 And Now It's Time For Eyewitness News 3:59
Scene 19
2-17 There Never Was A Revolution 2:40
Scene 20
2-18 Choose 4:54
Scene 21
2-19 Tastes The Same 4:19
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Paul Sundfor
Bass Clarinet – Anthony Burr
Bassoon – Tom Schubert
Cello – Lorie Kirkell
Clarinet – Patrick O'Keefe
Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Contra-Alto Clarinet, Flute, Alto Flute, Soprano Saxophone – J.D. Parran
Composed By, Liner Notes – Anthony Davis
Conductor – Rand Steiger
Contrabass – Bertram Turetzky (tracks: Bert Turetzky)
Flute – Lisa Cella
Libretto By – Michael John LaChiusa
Percussion, Drums – Gerry Hemingway
Performer [The Army], Vocals [Betty Ford (Mom)] – Julie Randall-Osborn
Performer [The Army], Vocals [Che (Husband)] – David Lee Brewer
Performer [The Army], Vocals [Fahizah] – Priti Gandhi
Performer [The Army], Vocals [Fidel (Dad)] – Thomas Young
Performer [The Army], Vocals [Gabi] – Carol Plantamura
Performer [The Army], Vocals [Gelina] – Jana Campbell Ellsworth
Performer [The Army], Vocals [T.V. Reporter] – Orren Tanabe
Performer [The Army], Vocals [Teko] – Philip Larson
Performer [The Army], Vocals [Yolanda] – Gay Anna Santerre
Piano, Synthesizer – Scott Walton
Solo Vocal [Vocal Improvisation] – Thomas Young (tracks: 2-12)
Solo Vocal [Vocal Obligato] – Jana Campbell Ellsworth (tracks: 1-18)
Soloist [Alto Flute Solo] – J.D. Parran (tracks: 2-12)
Soloist [Alto Saxophone Solo] – Paul Sundfor (tracks: 1-1)
Soloist [Clarinet Solo] – J.D. Parran (tracks: 2-14)
Soloist [Contra-alto Clarinet Solo] – J.D. Parran (tracks: 1-6)
Soloist [Soprano Saxophone Solo] – J.D. Parran (tracks: 1-8, 2-11)
Soloist [Tenor Saxophone Solo] – Jason Robinson (tracks: 1-8)
Soloist [Trombone Solo] – Michael Dessen (tracks: 1-8, 2-12)
Soloist [Trumpet Obligato, Trumpet Solo] – Glen Whitehead (tracks: 1-8, 1-17, 2-8)
Tenor Saxophone – Jason Robinson
Trombone, Bass Trombone – Michael Dessen
Trumpet – Glen Whitehead
Vibraphone, Marimba – Brett Reed
Viola – David Ryther
Violin – Mark Menzies
Vocals [Cinque] – Avery Brooks
Vocals [Dad] – Thomas Young
Vocals [Mom] – Julie Randall-Osborn
Vocals [Patty's Friend] – Carol Plantamura
Vocals [Patty's Husband] – David Lee Brewer
Vocals [Patty-Tania] – Cynthia Aaronson-Davis
About this release
Koch International Classics – 3-7467-2 HI(US)
Recorded April 1998 at University of California, San Diego
Thanks to snobb for the addition