20 de julho de 2004

Apollo Theater celebra 70 anos com DVD

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A herança musical do Apollo Theater foi comemorada em Março passado e será editada em DVD já em Setembro. Nesta gala participaram músicos, bailarinos e actores como Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr. e Herbie Hancock, Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Vivica A. Fox e Denzel Washington.

Localizado em HArlem, o Apollo Theater é considerado, desde 1983, um marco de NYC e dos EUA, tendo sido o palco em que emergiram talentos como Sarah Vaughan e Ella Fitzgerald e em que actuaram as grandes lendas do bebop. Fora do jazz, o Apollo viu debutar James Brown e Michael Jackson.

Aqui fica uma lista dos temas/artistas que compõem o DVD: «Apollo At 70: A Hot Night In Harlem»

Natalie Cole - Something's Got A Hold On Me
Ashanti - I'll Take You There/Rock Steady
Patti LaBelle - You'll Never Walk Alone/Over The Rainbow
Bob Dylan - A Change Is Gonna Come
Brian McKnight - Let's Get It On/Unforgettable/Overjoyed
Gerald Levert - Try A Little Tenderness
Willie Nelson - I Can't Stop Loving You
James Ingram - In The Heat Of The Night
Angie Stone - Neither One Of Us
Anthony Hamilton & Angie Stone - Love And Happiness
Tito Puente, Jr. - Oye Como Va
Arturo Sandoval with Herbie Hancock - Mack The Knife
Harry Connick, Jr. - Caravan
Harry Connick, Jr. with Herbie Hancock & Branford Marsalis - I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
Patti Austin with Herbie Hancock - How High The Moon
MC Lyte & DJ-K-Rock - Ruffneck
Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Hype Man, Lil' Vicious, Chill Will & Barry Dee - La-Di-Da Di/The Show
Donnie McClurkin with Andrea Mellini, Sherry McGhee, Olivia McClurkin & Ayanna George - I Call You
Holy Fred Hammond with Pam Kenyon McDonald, Davey Hammond, Adrian Smith & Eugenia Newman - He Lives
Yolanda Adams with The Abyssinian Baptist Choir - How I Got Over
Shirley Caesar with The Abyssinian Baptist Choir - Sweeping Through The City

BONUS PERFORMANCES:

Brian McKnight - Back At One
Brian McKnight & Gerald Levert - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Patti Austin with Brian McKnight & Gerald Levert - What's Going On
Gerald Levert, Patti Austin & Brian McKnight - I Can't Help Myself
MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha
Cassidy - Hotel
Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick - The Show

[na foto: antevisão do Apollo após o término do processo de restauração em curso]


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