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Description / My Opinion
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Amazon.com - Ordered 12/02/98 - Shipped 12/07/98 - Received 12/29/98 Additional lyrics by George C. Wolfe and Ann Duquesnay The booklet contains a note from George C. Wolfe, the producer, about how he was lead to produce this show, and how he did it. There are also a few nice B&W photos. This is a very original musical, which must have been wonderful to see. The cast recording is already very powerful. When I read that it was something about taps, I thought I would be bored (I'm not especially fond of taps), but at first listening, I completely changed my mind. Yes, there are taps, but in the cast recording, they can be considered as percussions, and not the least. They bring an incredible feeling of living rage to most of the songs. When I try to imagine the men doing this sound, I'm filled with shivers. That's pure physical joy.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 3:48 | Bring In 'Da Noise Bring In 'Da Funk | Company |
| 2 | 1:00 | The Door To Isle Goree | Jeffrey Wright |
| 3 | 3:19 | Slave Ships | Ann Duquesnay, Savion Glover (Tap) |
| 4 | 4:04 | Som'thin' From Nuthin'/Circle Stomp | Ann Duquesnay, Jeffrey Wright, Dulé Hill (Tap), Vincent Bingham (Tap), Jimmy Tate (Tap), Baakari Wilder (Tap) |
| 5 | 1:17 | The Pan Handlers | Jared Crawford (Percussion), Raymond King (Percussion) |
| 6 | 3:01 | The Lynching Blues | Baakari Wilder (Tap), Ann Duquesnay, Jeffrey Wright |
| 7 | 4:12 | Chicago Bound | Jared Crawford, Ann Duquesnay, Savion Glover (Tap) |
| 8 | 1:03 | Shifting Sounds | Jeffrey Wright |
| 9 | 3:44 | Industrialization | Savion Glover (Tap), Baakari Wilder (Tap), Jimmy Tate (Tap), Vincent Bingham (Tap), Jared Crawford (Percussion), Raymond King (Percussion) |
| 10 | 6:17 | Quittin' Time / The Chicago Riot Rag | Jeffrey Wright, Ann Duquesnay, Savion Glover (Tap), Baakari Wilder (Tap), Jimmy Tate (Tap), Vincent Bingham (Tap) |
| 11 | 3:28 | I Got The Beat / Dark Tower | Ann Duquesnay, Jeffrey Wright |
| 12 | 1:44 | The Wirligig Stomp | Ann Duquesnay, Savion Glover (Tap), Baakari Wilder (Tap), Jimmy Tate (Tap), Vincent Bingham (Tap) |
| 13 | 3:35 | Now That's Tap | Jeffrey Wright, Ann Duquesnay, Jimmy Tate (Grin & Flash), Vincent Bingham (Grin & Flash) |
| 14 | 3:03 | The Uncle Huck-A-Buck Song | Jeffrey Wright, Uncle Huck-A-Buck, Lil' Dahlin', Savion Glover (Tap), Crows |
| 15 | 3:43 | Kid Go! | Jeffrey Wright, Dulé Hill (Tap) as The Kid, Ann Duquesnay, Company |
| 16 | 2:14 | The Lost Beat Swing | Ann Duquesnay, Dulé Hill (Tap), Company |
| 17 | 5:46 | Green, Chaney, Buster, Slyde | Savion Glover |
| 18 | 2:27 | Them Conkheads | Ann Duquesnay |
| 19 | 2:19 | Hot Fun | Ann Duquesnay, Jeffrey Wright, Company (Tap) |
| 20 | 2:29 | Blackout | Savion Glover (Tap), Baakari Wilder (Tap), Jimmy Tate (Tap), Vincent Bingham (Tap) |
| 21 | 2:41 | Gospel / Hip Hop Rant | Ann Duquesnay, Jeffrey Wright, Savion Glover (Tap) |
| 22 | 4:07 | Drummin' / Taxi | Jared Crawford (Percussion), Raymond King (Percussion), Savion Glover (Tap), Jimmy Tate (Tap), Baakari Wilder (Tap), Vincent Bingham (Tap) |
| 23 | 2:04 | Conversations / Tradin' Hits | Savion Glover, Baakari Wilder, Vincent Bingham, Jimmy Tate, Raymond King, Dulé Hill, Jared Crawford |
| 24 | 1:21 | Hittin' | Savion Glover (Tap), Baakari Wilder (Tap), Jimmy Tate (Tap), Vincent Bingham (Tap), Jared Crawford (Percussion), Raymond King (Percussion), Jeffrey Wright |
| 25 | 2:08 | Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk (Reprise) | Company |
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The Cast
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| | Tap | Savion Glover | | | | Vincent Bingham | | | | Dulé Hill | | | | Jimmy Tate | | | | Baakari Wilder | | | Percussion | Jared Crawford | | | | Raymond King | | | Uncle Huck-A-Buck | Baakari Wilder | | | Lil' Dahlin' | Ann Duquesnay | | | Crows | Jimmy Tate | | | | Vincent Bingham | | | | Jared Crawford | | | Company | David Peter Chapman | | | | Mark Gerald Douglas | | | | Lynette G. DuPré | | | | Omar A. Edwards | | | | Derick K. Grant | | | | Joseph Monroe Webb |
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