The Wiz [Original Cast Recording]
Wiz - CD
- Artist: Wiz
- Format: CD
- Year: 2005
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 075678149429
- Item Number: ATL81372
- Release date: 09/15/1992
- 1. Prologue
- 2. The Feeling We Once Had
- 3. Tornado
- 4. He's the Wizard
- 5. Soon as I Get Home
- 6. I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday
- 7. Ease on Down the Road
- 8. Slide Some Oil to Me
- 9. I'm a Mean Ole Lion
- 10. Be a Lion
- 11. So You Wanted to See the Wizard
- 12. What Would I Do If I Could Feel
- 13. Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
- 14. Everybody Rejoice
- 15. Y'All Got It!
- 16. If You Believe
- 17. Home (Finale)
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The Wiz [Original Cast Recording] by Wiz on CD
The Wiz original cast recording is a joyous, vibrant celebration of life, couched in the fantastic terms of a modernized retelling of The Wizard of Oz, with an entirely black cast. And it is fantastic in both senses -- both fantasy-based, like the children's story by L. Frank Baum that it is born from, and also superbly performed. This version far outshines the movie soundtrack (despite the movie having such big-name draws as Diana Ross and Michael Jackson). In this 1975 release, Stephanie Mills is an absolute delight as Dorothy and Andre De Shields is an engaging, rascally Wiz. The songs are stellar too; from the ominous, atmospheric instrumental "Tornado" to the gently affirming, confidence-building "Be a Lion" to the Wiz' grand I'm-outta-here finale, "Y'All Got It," this production is glorious. Listeners will feel uplifted. Very highly recommended, both for children and adults. ~ Murrday Fisher, Rovi
- Artist: Wiz
- Format: CD
- Year: 2005
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 075678149429
- Item Number: ATL81372
- Release date: 09/15/1992
- Label: Wea/Atlantic
- Genre: Stage & Screen
- Style: Show Tunes, Cast Recordings
- Album Time: 45:03
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- Composers:
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Performers:
- Andy Torres - Choir, Chorus
- Arnetia Walker - Choir, Chorus
- Ben Harney - Choir, Chorus
- David Feldman - Woodwind
- Edith Wint - Cello
- Eugene Little - Choir, Chorus
- Evelyn Thomas - Choir, Chorus
- Frank Floyd - Vocals (Background)
- Frank Perowsky - Woodwind
- Jack Jeffers - Trombone (Bass)
- Janet Hamilton - Cello
- Jimmy Wigfall - Choir, Chorus
- Julius Ehrenwerth - Cello
- Kenneth Scott - Choir, Chorus
- Leslie Butler - Choir, Chorus
- Lettie Battle - Choir, Chorus
- Phillip Bond - Choir, Chorus
- Phylicia Rashad - Choir, Chorus
- Pi Douglass - Choir, Chorus
- Raymond Beckenstein - Woodwind
- Robert Carten - Woodwind
- Rodney Green - Choir, Chorus
- Ronald Dunham - Choir, Chorus
- Sam Harkness - Vocals (Background)
- Shari Alfaro - Choir, Chorus
- Sharon Moe - French Horn
- Tasha Thomas - Vocals (Background)
- Tony Miranda - French Horn
- Wendy Edmead - Choir, Chorus
- Alan Rubin - Trumpet
- Alvin Rogers - Violin
- Bob McCoy - Trumpet
- Charles Coleman - Vocals
- Charles Sullivan - Trumpet
- Cheryl Hardwick - Keyboards
- David Dutemple - Bass
- David Friedman - Percussion
- Gerald Beal - Violin
- Grady Tate - Drums
- Harold Wheeler - Keyboards
- Harry Cykman - Violin
- Herbert Sorkin - Violin
- Jerry Friedman - Guitar
- John Tropea - Keyboards
- Norman Carr - Violin
- Pat Rebillot - Keyboards
- Richard Gene Williams - Trumpet
- Richard Harris - Trombone
- Stephen Furtado - Trumpet
- Steve Blume - Guitar
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Credits:
- Earl Shendell - Orchestra Manager
- Tharon Musser - Lighting Design
- Burt Szerlip - Associate Engineer
- George Faison - Choreographer
- Julien Barber - Concert Master
- Charles Coleman - Musical Director, Vocal Arrangement
- Clarice Taylor - Performer
- Dee Dee Bridgewater - Performer
- Geoffrey Holder - Costume Design, Director
- Harold Wheeler - Musical Director, Orchestration
- Hinton Battle - Performer
- Kurt Weill - Composer
- Milton Glaser - Illustrations
- Stephanie Mills - Performer
- Tasha Thomas - Performer
- Jerry Wexler - Producer
- Phil Ramone - Engineer
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