Various performers. "From a film by Roger Ross Williams"--Disc label. Performance notes by Roger Ross Williams with full credits printed on container insert.
Contents:
President Barack Obama at The Apollo Theater / Barack Obama. Opening, The Apollo Theater / T. Griffin -- Take the "A" train / Charles Mingus -- Memphis blues / Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra -- Interview excerpt / Marion J. Caffey -- How high the moon / Ella Fitzgerald -- Old man blues / Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra -- She's something Spanish / Pearl Bailey -- Jive at five / Count Basie & his Orchestra -- Interview excerpt / Ted Fox -- Strange fruit / Billie Holiday -- Interview excerpt / Mikki Shepard -- What's going on / Marvin Gaye -- Interview excerpt / Kamilah Forbes -- Say it loud - I'm black and proud / James Brown -- Interview excerpt / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- Apollo as home / Robert Glasper -- Home is where the heart is / Gladys Knight & the Pips -- Mission statement / Robert Glasper -- Come Sunday / Johnny Hodges -- Lost someone / James Brown -- Schiffman cards / Robert Glasper -- T'aint no use / Jimmy Smith -- Obama returns to The Apollo / Robert Glasper -- Rock steady / Aretha Franklin -- Asphalt Canyon blues / Kenny Burrell & Grover Washington Jr. -- Somethings got a hold on me / Etta James -- Harlem riots / Robert Glasper -- Duke's last soliloquy / Dizzy Gillespie Octet -- Excerpt from stage reading of "Between the world and me" / Ta-Nehisi Coates and T. Griffin -- Don't turn back now / Robert Glasper w/ Ledisi -- President Barack Obama at The Apollo Theater / Barack Obama.
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