Big man [sound recording] : [the legend of John Henry : a folk musical / with] music by Julian and Nat Adderley ; lyrics by Diane Lampert and Peter Farrow ; [book by Diane Lampert and George W. George, from material by Paul Avila Mayer, G.W. George, and Peter Farrow].
Starring Joe Williams, Randy Crawford, and Robert Guillaume, with supporting singers, chorus and orchestra.
Note
Durations on labels.
In container; automatic sequence.
Program notes, in part by Diane Lampert, and libretto ([15] p.) bound in and printed on container.
Contents
Overture -- Anybody need a big man -- Who bend the rainbow --Forty more miles to go ; Rouster's chant -- Ten mile of mountain -- Recitative: Who up in heaven -- Dialogue -- Gonna give lovin' a try -- The broomstick song -- Next year in Jerusalem -- Dialogue -- Stayin' place -- Stayin' place -- Dialogue -- A new star risin' -- The streamdrill race -- Anybody need a big man -- Grind your own coffee -- Anybody need a big man ; Dialogue -- Hundred an' one year ; M'ria -- River -- A new star risin' -- Dialogue -- Hundred an' one year ; M'ria -- Recitative: Born black -- Dialogue -- Poundin' -- Dialogue -- The steamdrill race -- We saved ; Dialogue -- Jesus where you now? -- If I was Jehova -- On his bones (finale).
