Sophisticated Ladies > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Sophisticated Ladies (2)
Music: Duke Ellington (144)
Lyrics: Various (581)
Book: Donald McKayle (8)

Recording Details

Date: March 1981
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Recording Studio: RCA Studio B
Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard (123)
Engineer: Joaquin J. Lopes (2)
Liner Notes: Stanley Dance (2), Mercer Ellington (7)
Director: Michael Smuin (2)
Choreography: Henry LeTang (2), Donald McKayle (8), Michael Smuin (2)
Conductor: Mercer Ellington (7)
Music Director: Mercer Ellington (7)
Orchestrations: Al Cohn (37)
Vocal Arrangements: Malcolm Dodds, Lloyd Mayers (4)
Dance Music: Lloyd Mayers (4)
Performer: Claudia Asbury (2), Adrian Bailey (10), Priscilla Baskerville (2), Hinton Battle (15), P. J. Benjamin (2), Gregg Burge (5), Mercedes Ellington (2), Michael Scott Gregory (3), Gregory Hines (13), Phyllis Hyman (3), Judith Jamison, Terri Klausner (10), Michael Lichtefeld (5), Paula Lynn (3), Wynonna Smith (2), T. A. Stephens (2)
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Releases

Format: CD
Label: RCA Red Seal 6208
Released: 1992-03-10
Barcode: 078635620825
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Notes: Missing from this CD are "Love You Madly - Perdido", "Fat and Forty", "Dancers in Love", "Drop Me Off in Harlem", "Hey Baby", and "Kinda Dukish" which were included on the 2LP release.
# Tracks: 24
Lists: 119 collectors / 7 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl549]

1. Overture: Things Aren't What They Used to Be/Sophisticated Lady/Perdid - The Orchestra
2. I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter - Hinton Battle, Gregg Burge, Michael Scott Gregory,
3. Music Is a Woman - Gregory Hines,
4. Mooche - The Orchestra
5. Hit Me With a Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce) - Terri Klausner
6. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Gentleman, Phyllis Hyman
7. Bli-Blip - P.J. Benjamin, Terri Klausner
8. Cotton Tail - The Orchestra
9. Take the "A" Train - Gregory Hines, Phyllis Hyman
10. Solitude - Priscilla Baskerville
11. Don't Get Around Much Anymore/I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Gregory Hines,
12. Caravan - Gregg Burge
13. Something to Live For - Gregory Hines
14. Rockin' in Rhythm - Company
15. In a Sentimental Mood - Phyllis Hyman
16. I'm Beginning to See the Light - Gregory Hines,
17. Satin Doll/Just Squeeze Me - P.J. Benjamin, Terri Klausner
18. Echoes of Harlem - The Orchestra
19. I'm Just a Lucky So and So - Gregory Hines
20. Imagine My Frustration - Terri Klausner
21. I'm Checkin' Out -- Go'om Bye/Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me - Gregory Hines, Phyllis Hyman
22. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)/Mood Indigo - Phyllis Hyman, Terri Klausner
23. Sophisticated Lady - Gregory Hines
24. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Reprise) - Gregory Hines