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Roots: My Life, My Song 

Recorded live in 2009 at Berlin’s Philharmonie

Jessye Norman (soprano)

She's...relaxed on "My Baby Just Cares For Me" and "Stormy Weather", easing open the emotion, rather than forcing it out; and her "Mack The Knife" is superb. — The Independent, 2nd July 2010, 3 out of 5 stars
  • Release Date: 5th Jul 2010
  • Catalogue No: 88697642632
  • Label: Sony
  • Length: 98 minutes

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This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

trad.: African Drum Invocation

Work length2:27
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  • Jessye Norman, Steve Johns

Charles H. Gabriel: His Eye Is On The Sparrow

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  • Jessye Norman

trad.: I want two wings

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  • Jessye Norman, Martin Williams

trad.: Lord, I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray

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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Mark Markham

trad.: Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child

Work length4:40
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  • Jessye Norman, Ira Coleman

Ellington: Heaven

Work length3:59
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  • Jessye Norman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Bernstein: Somewhere (from West Side Story)

Work length1:29
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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn: My Baby Just Cares for Me

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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Arlen: Stormy Weather

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  • Jessye Norman, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Weill, K: Moritat von Mackie Messer (from The Threepenny Opera)

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  • Jessye Norman, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

trad.: Another Man Done Gone

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  • Jessye Norman

trad.: Pretty Horses

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  • Jessye Norman, Martin Williams, Mark Markham

trad.: God's Gonna Cut You Down

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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour

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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Steve Johns, Mark Markham

Scotto, V: J'ai Deux Amours

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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Duke, V: April in Paris

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  • Jessye Norman, Mark Markham

Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)

Work length5:35
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  • Jessye Norman, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Strayhorn: Take the A Train

Work length3:22
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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Monk, T: Blue Monk

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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie de Lange: Solitude

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  • Jessye Norman, Mark Markham

Ellington: It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)

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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Mark Markham, Steve Johns, Ira Coleman

Ellington: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

trad.: When The Saints Go Marching In

Work length5:30
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  • Jessye Norman, Mike Lovatt, Martin Williams, Ira Coleman, Mark Markham, Steve Johns

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