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1987 studio album by Meredith Monk
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Do You Be is the sixth album by Meredith Monk , recorded over two sessions in June 1986 and January 1987 and released on the ECM New Series later in 1987.
Background [ edit ]
The liner notes state, "This album was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts ."
Track listing [ edit ]
All tracks are written by Meredith Monk
Title 1. "Scared Song" 6:04 2. "I Don't Know" 3:31 3. "Window in 7's" 2:12 4. "Double Fiesta" 5:21 5. "Do You Be" 4:02 6. "Panda Chant I" 1:56 7. "Memory Song" 6:40 8. "Panda Chant II" 1:35 9. "Quarry Lullaby" 2:00 10. "Shadow Song" 1:57 11. "Astronaut Anthem" 4:56 12. "Wheel" 3:40
tracks 1–4 from "Acts from Under and Above", a music/theatre piece by Meredith Monk and Lanny Harrison.
track 5 from "Vessel: An Opera Epic" by Meredith Monk.
tracks 6–8 & 10–12 from "The Games", a science fiction opera by Meredith Monk and Ping Chong.
track 9 from "Quarry", an opera by Meredith Monk.
Personnel [ edit ]
June 1986 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg (tracks 1, 2, 5–10 & 12) [ edit ]
Meredith Monk – vocals, piano (2, 5) , synthesizer (1)
Robert Een – vocals (6, 8, 9)
Andrea Goodman – vocals (6–9, 12)
Ching Gonzalez – vocals (8, 9)
Wayne Hankin – vocals (6, 8, 9) , keyboards (7) , bagpipes (12)
Naaz Hosseini – vocals (6–9, 12) , violin (7)
Nurit Tilles – piano (1) , keyboards (7) , synthesizer (12) , vocals (8, 9)
January 1987 at Clinton Sounds, New York (tracks 3, 4 & 11) [ edit ]
Meredith Monk – vocals, piano (11)
Johanna Arnold, Robert Een , John Eppler, Andrea Goodman, Ching Gonzalez, Wayne Hankin, Naaz Hosseini, Nicky Paraiso – vocals (11 )
Edmund Niemann – piano (4)
Nurit Tilles – piano (3, 4)
Technical personnel [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Allender, Mark W.B. "Do You Be" . Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2013 .
External links [ edit ]
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