CD Details
- Released: March 14, 2006
- Originally Released: 1995
- Label: Collectables Records
Description by OLDIES.com:
Nikki Giovanni's poetry is musical in itself, but on these selections she recites to a musical accompaniment composed by Arif Mardin and is joined by Cissy Houston on background vocals.
Tracks:
- 1.Way I Feel
- 2.Seduction / Kidnap Poem
- 3.Just A NY Poem
- 4.Butterflies / I Remember
- 5.Luxury / Poem
- 6.My House
- 7.Woman Gather
- 8.Life I Led
- 9.When I Die
- 10.Revolutionary Dreams
- 11.Winter Poem
- 12.Certain Peace, A/When I Nap
- 13.Poem For A Lady Whose Voice I Like
Product Description:
Personnel: Nikki Giovanni (spoken vocals); Cornell Dupree (guitar); David Newman (tenor saxophone, flute); Charlie Brown (tenor saxophone); Richard Tee, Paul Griffen (keyboards); Ken Bichel (Arp synthesizer); Doug Bascomb, Gordon Edwards (bass); Bernard Purdie, Stephen Gadd, Errol Bennett (drums); Winston Grennan (percussion); Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell (background vocals).
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Roberta Flack.
Composer: Arif Mardin.
Personnel: Nikki Giovanni (vocals); Cornell Dupree (guitar); David "Fathead" Newman (flute, tenor saxophone); Charlie Brown , Charlie Brown Jr. (tenor saxophone); Paul Griffen, Richard Tee (keyboards); Kenneth Bichel (synthesizer); Crusher Bennett, Steve Gadd , Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Winston Grennan (percussion); Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Roberta Flack.
Recording information: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY.
Photographer: Dennis Chalkin.
Arranger: Arif Mardin.
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