Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Ain't It De Truth? (Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg) | 3:15 |
| 2 | Tess's Torch Song (Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler) | 3:57 |
| 3 | I Must Have That Man! (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields) | 3:30 |
| 4 | Bambalele (Traditional (Brazilian)) | 1:27 |
| 5 | I Wish I Were in Love Again (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) | 3:00 |
| 6 | Supper Time (Irving Berlin) | 2:50 |
| 7 | Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) (Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler) | 5:05 |
| 8 | Beat My Dog (Jay Leonhart) | 2:17 |
| 9 | On a Turqoise Cloud (Duke Ellington) | 3:22 |
| 10 | More Than You Know (Vincent Youmans / Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose) | 3:32 |
| 11 | See What I Wanna See (Michael John LaChiusa) | 2:12 |
| 12 | He Loves and She Loves (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin) | 3:45 |
| 13 | I Double Dare You (Jimmy Eaton / Terry Shand) | 2:23 |
| 14 | Lose That Long Face (Harold Arlen / Ira Gershwin) | 3:07 |
News & Reviews
- Friday, May 24, 2013
Audra McDonald's "Go Back Home" Concert Airs on PBS's Live From Lincoln Center
Audra McDonald performs songs from her new album and more on "Audra McDonald In Concert: Go Back Home," airing on PBS's Live From Lincoln Center tonight. The show presents McDonald's May 9 at performance in New York City for Lincoln Center's spring gala, which the New York Times called "absolutely thrilling." USA Today, in recommending tonight's show, says: "McDonald has one of the warmest, most glorious singing voices on the planet." McDonald discusses her inclusion of Adam Gwon's "I'll Be There" on the album and concert in a new video clip you can watch here.
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Audra McDonald Featured on PBS's "Charlie Rose"
Audra McDonald marked the release of her new album, Go Back Home, with an appearance on PBS's Charlie Rose. The two discuss the personal nature of the new album, her career in theater and on television, and the upcoming broadcast of "Audra McDonald In Concert: Go Back Home," on PBS's Live From Lincoln Center this Friday, May 24, featuring her recent performance in concert at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall.
About this Album
Following the birth of her daughter, Audra wanted to do an album that expressed the joy she was feeling. She decided to devote a CD to songs from the 1930s and early '40s: a time when music provided the kind of uplift and optimism that people so badly needed.
The new album includes selections by such classic songwriters as Harold Arlen, Vincent Youmans, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, and George & Ira Gershwin, with new arrangements that evoke the era. Continuing her longstanding commitment to new composers, Audra has also included songs by Michael John LaChiusa and Jay Leonhart. Happy Songs follows two previous widely successful releases for the label, How Glory Goes (2000) and her label debut, Way Back to Paradise (1998).
Audra made her Carnegie Hall solo debut on November 2, 2002, performing selections from Happy Songs with a full band. An earlier New York performance had prompted New York Times critic Stephen Holden to proclaim Audra “a meteoric talent with a promise comparable to that of the young Streisand.”
Credits
MUSICIANS
Audra McDonald, vocals
Ted Sperling, conductor
Violin: Suzanne Ornstein, concertmistress; Cecelia Hobbs, Laura Oatts, Andrew Stein (soloist on 6, 7, 11), Belinda Whitney, Xin Zhao
Viola: Michael Nicholas, Debra Shufelt
Cello: Adam Grabois, Clay Ruede
Bass: Peter Donovan
Woodwinds: Lawrence Feldman, clarinet, alto saxophone, flute; Rick Heckman, clarinet, tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn, flute; Paul Sundfor, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo; Mark Thrasher, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, baritone saxophone; Walter Weiskopf, clarinet
Trumpet: Craig Johnson, Larry Lunetta, Brian O'Flaherty
Trombone: Michael Boschen, Mark Patterson, Jack Schatz
French Horn: Chris Komer
Drums/percussion: William Hayes, David Ratajczak
Harp: Grace Paradise
Guitar/banjo: Kevin Kuhn
Piano/celeste: Lee Musiker, Ted Sperling
Vocal trio: Leo Daignault, Steven Freeman, David Engel
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Tommy Krasker
Recorded by Joel Moss
Recorded August 2001 at The Hit Factory, New York City
Assistant Engineers: Michael McCoy and Richard Johnson
Additional recording May 2002 at Sound on Sound Studios, New York City
Assistant Engineer: Bart Migal
Edited by Jan Folkson at Avatar Studios
Mixed by Tom Lazarus at Classic Sound Inc., New York City
Mastered by Scott Hull at Classic Sound Inc., New York City
Music Preparation: Donald Oliver, Chelsea Music Service, Inc.; and Emily Grishman Music Preparation
Orchestral Contractor: John Miller
Design by Jeri Heiden, SMOG
Cover image: Original Photograph: Washington, D.C., Greyhound Bus Terminal on the Day Before Christmas in the Waiting Room, 1941 by John Vachon; Photograph of Audra McDonald by Katie Murray; Digital composite by Showbran; Bruce Fizzell, consultant
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
