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Oprah Winfrey
The Color Purple (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Album US 2006 on Angel Records label
Soundtrack (Musical)
℗ © 2006 Angel Records. Manufactured by Angel Records, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10011. Printed in USA. Recorded on December 5, 2005, at Right Track Recording Studios, NYC Mixed at Sync Sound, NYC "Angel Records" logo and branding on back insert, spine, and booklet; "Broadway Angel" logo on CD face only.
Musicians
 | Oprah Winfrey , *1954 US presenter, album by |
 | Joseph Joubert key, p, US conductor, associate, arranged by, additional arrangements, keyboards |
 | Daryl Waters musician, additional rehearsal musician, arranged by, dance music arrangements |
 | Gordon H Jee , art direction, cd packaging |
 | Ben Brown b, bass |
 | Clay Ruede vc, US cello |
 | Eugene Moye vc, US cello |
| Donald Byrd choreography |
 | Seymour Red Press key, coordinator, music |
| Emily Grishman Music Preparation copyist, copyist, emily grishman music preparation |
| Katharine Edmonds copyist, emily grishman music preparation |
| Steve Koster design, cd packaging |
| SpotCo design, logo |
| Linda Twine conductor, directed by, music director |
 | Buddy Williams dr, US drums, percussion |
 | Damien Bassman dr, perc, drums, percussion |
 | Bill Rosenfield , US executive producer, album |
 | Scott Sanders dr, executive producer, album |
 | Steve Bargonetti g, guitar |
 | Shelton Becton key, US keyboards |
| Brian MacDevitt lighting, design |
| Amy Jacobs management, general managers, management, general |
| NLA management, general |
 | Allee Willis , *1947 US music by, lyrics by |
 | Brenda Russell voc, bvoc, *1949 US music by, lyrics by |
 | Stephen Bray dr, *1956 US music by, lyrics by |
 | Jonathan Tunick , *1938 US orchestrated by |
| Bernard Telsey Casting other, casting |
 | Emily King acg, voc, *1985 US other, libretto preparation |
| TMG - The Marketing Group other, marketing |
| Barlow●Hartman other, press agent |
| Carol Fineman other, press agent |
| James Brown III performer, bobby, performer, ensemble |
| Nathaniel Stampley performer, buster, chief, performer, ensemble |
 | LaChanze voc, *1961 performer, celie |
 | Virginia Woodruff voc, US performer, church lady/darlene, performer, ensemble |
| Kimberly Ann Harris performer, church lady/doris, performer, ensemble |
| Maia Nkenge Wilson performer, church lady/jarene, daisy, performer, ensemble |
 | Carolyn Dennis bvoc, *1954 US performer, church soloist, performer, ensemble |
| Angela Robinson performer, ensemble |
| Anika Ellis performer, ensemble |
| Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines performer, ensemble, performer, older olivia |
| Chantylla Johnson performer, ensemble, performer, young nettie, mister daughter |
| Charles Gray performer, ensemble |
| Doug Eskew performer, ensemble, performer, preacher, prison guard |
 | Francesca Harper , performer, ensemble |
| Grasan Kingsberry performer, ensemble, performer, older adam |
 | JC Montgomery p, performer, ensemble, performer, grady, performer, pa |
| Jamal Story performer, ensemble |
| James Harkness performer, ensemble |
| Latrisa A. Coleman performer, ensemble |
 | Leon Thomas III bvoc, *1993 US performer, ensemble, performer, young harpo, young adam |
| Lou Myers performer, ensemble, performer, ol' mister |
| Zipporah G. Gatling performer, ensemble, performer, young celie, mister daughter, young olivia, henrietta |
 | Brandon Victor Dixon voc, *1981 US performer, harpo |
| Kingsley Leggs performer, mister |
| Renee Goldsberry performer, nettie |
| Elisabeth Withers-Mendes performer, shug avery |
| Felicia P. Fields performer, sofia |
| Krisha Marcano performer, squeak |
| Kenita R. Miller performer, standby for celie/nettie |
| Bobby Daye performer, swings |
| Corinne McFarlane performer, swings |
| Eric L. Christian performer, swings |
| Jeannette L. Bayardelle performer, swings |
| Stephanie Guiland-Brown performer, swings |
 | Jill Dell'Abate key, production manager, music |
| Arthur Siccardi production manager, play |
| Patrick Sullivan production manager, play |
| Bruce Samuels programmed by, synthesizer programmer |
 | Marsha Norman , *1947 US script by, book by |
 | Kevin Stites , arranged by, incidental music arrangements, supervised by, music supervisor |
 | Angie Teo , technician, protools operators |
 | Justin Shturtz , US technician, protools operators |
 | Jason Jackson tb, US trombone |
 | Larry Farrell tb, trombone |
 | Barry Danielian tr, fh, US trumpet |
 | Brian O'Flaherty tr, fh, trumpet |
 | Kamau Adilifu tr, *1944 US trumpet |
 | David Creswell vl, US viola |
 | Debra Shufelt vl, US viola |
 | Richard Brice vl, viola |
 | Belinda Whitney-Barratt vn, US violin |
 | Cenovia Cummins vn, violin |
 | Christoph Franzgrote vn, violin |
 | Laura Seaton vn, US violin |
 | Marilyn Reynolds vn, violin |
 | Martin Agee vn, US violin |
 | Maura Giannini vn, violin |
 | Mineko Yajima vn, violin |
 | Paul Woodiel vn, violin |
 | Sylvia D'Avanzo vn, violin |
 | Jay Brandford as, bs, *1959 woodwind |
 | Lawrence Feldman sax, as, fl, *1950 US woodwind |
 | Leslie Scott , US woodwind |
Producers
| Peter Sylvada artwork by, cover illustration |
| Gary Griffin directed by |
| Chris Jennings engineer, assistant |
| Hyomin Kang engineer, assistant |
| Ken Hahn engineer, post-production, mixed by |
| Frank Filipetti engineer, recording |
| Nina Lannan management, general managers |
| Jay David Saks mixed by, producer, produced for records by |
| Bryan Pugh mixed by, cue mixer |
| Doug Gaeta other, assistant company manager |
| Kimberly Kelley other, company manager |
| Paul Tazewell other, costume design |
| Charles G. LaPointe other, hair design |
| Paul Kolnik photography by |
| Shanieka D. Brooks production manager, product manager for emi angel |
| John Lee Beatty set designer, scenic design |
| Jon Weston sound designer |
| Glynn David Turner stage manager |
| Kelly Stillwell stage manager, assistant |
| Neveen Mahmoud stage manager, assistant |
| Kristen Harris stage manager, production |
| Regina Elliott technician, production assistant |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overture | Oprah Winfrey | 2:23 | |
| 2 | Huckleberry Pie/Mysterious Ways | Oprah Winfrey | 5:33 | |
| 3 | Somebody Gonna Love You | Oprah Winfrey | 1:24 | |
| 4 | Our Prayer | Oprah Winfrey | 3:54 | |
| 5 | That Fine Mister | Oprah Winfrey | 0:44 | |
| 6 | Big Dog | Oprah Winfrey | 2:50 | |
| 7 | Lily Of The Field | Oprah Winfrey | 3:13 | |
| 8 | Dear God — Sofia | Oprah Winfrey | 0:46 | |
| 9 | A Tree Named Sofia | Oprah Winfrey | 0:25 | |
| 10 | Hell No! | Oprah Winfrey | 4:30 | |
| 11 | Brown Betty | Oprah Winfrey | 1:58 | |
| 12 | Shug Avery Comin' To Town | Oprah Winfrey | 3:13 | |
| 13 | All We've Got To Say | Oprah Winfrey | 0:47 | |
| 14 | Dear God — Shug | Oprah Winfrey | 1:07 | |
| 15 | Too Beautiful For Words | Oprah Winfrey | 2:09 | |
| 16 | Push Da Button | Oprah Winfrey | 5:24 | |
| 17 | Uh Oh! | Oprah Winfrey | 3:32 | |
| 18 | What About Love? | Oprah Winfrey | 4:26 | |
| 19 | Act I Finale | Oprah Winfrey | 1:07 | |
| 20 | African Homeland | Oprah Winfrey | 6:58 | |
| 21 | The Color Purple | Oprah Winfrey | 2:32 | |
| 22 | Church Ladies' Easter | Oprah Winfrey | 0:58 | |
| 23 | I Curse You Mister | Oprah Winfrey | 0:31 | |
| 24 | Celie's Curse | Oprah Winfrey | 3:41 | |
| 25 | Miss Celie's Pants | Oprah Winfrey | 2:26 | |
| 26 | Any Little Thing | Oprah Winfrey | 2:34 | |
| 27 | What About Love? (Reprise) | Oprah Winfrey | 0:56 | |
| 28 | I'm Here | Oprah Winfrey | 4:26 | |
| 29 | The Color Purple (Reprise) | Oprah Winfrey | 4:21 |
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