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Persons in alphabetical order by last name A |
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| Alejandro "Alex" Acuña |
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| Peruvian drummer and percussionist. Learned trumpet and piano from his father. Appears on "Paradise In Gazankulu". Performs among others on the album "Dreamwalkin' with Eric Tagg and the album "Heat, Dust an Dreams" with Johnny Clegg. More about Alex Acuña HERE. | |
| Gilbert E. Adkins | |
| Vocal chorus on "Angelique-O", "Cocoanut Woman", "Cordelia Brown", "Don't Ever Love Me", "Haiti Cherie", "Island in the Sun", "Mama Look A Bo Bo", "Scratch, Scratch", | |
| Richard Adler | |
| Composer: "Acorn In The Meadow" | |
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Larry
Adler (1914-2001) |
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| Plays Harmonica, has
recorded one album with some Belafonte-songs. More info here on Wikipedia. |
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| Gloria Agostino | |
| Harp on "Turn the World Around" | |
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Fitzroy
Alexander (1926-1988) |
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| Born
1926, died 1988 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Composer, also known under the name
Lord Melody. G. Godwin Oyewole has made a list of all songs written by Fitzroy Alexander.
Belafonte has recorded the following of his songs: "Mama
Look A BoBo", New York Taxi",
"Sweetheart From Venezuela" More info here on Wikipedia. |
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| Michael Alexander | |
| Member of the Steel Band at the Greek Theatre 1961 | |
| Hans Alfredsson (1931-) |
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| Swedish actor, comedian etc. Participates in "Matilda" on the recording "En Gränslös Kväll På Operan" | |
| Bett Allan | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir 1955, performs on "Noah", "Sylvie", "Take My Mother Home" | |
| Jaqueline Allan | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir 1955, performs on "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', "Jump Down, Spin Around", "Noah", "Sylvie", "Take My Mother Home" | |
| Sue Allen | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir 1955, performs on "Noah", "Sylvie", "Take My Mother Home" | |
| Angel Allende | |
| Percussion on R4P5054. Can also be found on the album "Visions of a new world" with Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes. Together with Sivuca on VSD79337 and VSD79352. | |
| Bobby Allende | |
| Vocals on "Paradise In Gazankulu". | |
| John Allison | |
| Composer of "Tarrytown" | |
| Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) |
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| Born in Sao
Paulo, September 2, 1917 Plays guitar on LSP2626, "Mary,
Mary".
In 1948, he joined the Stan
Kenton orchestra as a soloist. Since then, he has recorded
more than one hundred records. Having been nominated 11 times
for the Grammy, he won five awards. He has composed the
complete scores to at least 10 major motion pictures, among
them the Oscar winner The Old Man and the Sea (1958). He was nominated to the Oscar for composing the score for
the 1970 animated short The Magic Pear Tree.
Almeida was both a classical and a popular musician. Leonard Feather,
jazz critic of the Los Angeles Times, credited Almeida with making bossa
nova popular in the US in 1952,
when the guitarist recorded Inquietação by Ary Barroso with Bud Shank. Before arriving in the US, where he ended up becoming an American citizen in 1961, Almeida had a hard time in Brazil. Born in the interior of São Paulo, he had to sleep on the streets before reaching fame and glory performing at Radio Mayrink Veiga and with the orchestras of the big casinos. The "roaring forties" in Rio and the biography of this unusual musician in Brazil and in the US are the subject of the documentary that will be produced by the Brazilian company Telenews. FolkLib Index for Laurindo Almeida More info here on Wikipedia. |
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| Ray Alonge | |
| French horn on "Fifteen", "How Green Was My Valley #2", "I'm Going Away", "The Lord is My Shepherd", | |
| Donald Alpers | |
| Drums on "Jerry", "Man Smart #1 & #2", "Scarlet Ribbons #1", "Shenandoah #1", | |
| Herman Alpert | |
| Bass on "Jerry", "Man Smart #1 & #2", "Scarlet Ribbons #1", "Shenandoah #1", | |
| Ralph Alswang |
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| Staging and lighting between 1957 and 1969 (or more). | |
| N. Alterman | |
| Composer of: "Lyla, Lyla" | |
| Jose Alves | |
| Guitar on "Paradise In Gazankulu" | |
| Martin Ambrose | |
| Member of the DeCormier Singers. | |
| Hal Archer | |
| Flute and Alto sax. Appears on "Turn the World Around" | |
| Victor Arno | |
| Violin on "The Drummer And The Cook #2", "Hava Nageela #1", "Jamaica Farewell", | |
| Vicki Arnold | |
| Composer of: "Far Side Of The Hill" | |
| Howard Ashman | |
| Composer of: "Beauty And The Beast", | |
| Antinnette Atkins | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir. | |
| Walter Atkins | |
| Member of The Norman Luboff Choir. | |
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William Attaway (11 Nov, 1911 - 17 Jun, 1986) |
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| A close friend to Belafonte and one of the persons that helped Belafonte start
The Sage, a restaurant in Greenwich Village in 1951. After that he became composer and
arranger for Belafonte. Has composed: "Angelique-O", "Day-O",
"Hosanna", "The
Jack-Ass Song", "Jump
Down Spin Around", "Will
His Love Be Like His Rum" More info here on Wikipedia. |
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| Patti Austin (1950 - ) |
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| Appeared with
Belafonte at O'Keefe Center 1969. Quincy Jones' goddaughter. Sang on many of Quincy's
records - including a duet with James Ingram. Also on Ralph McDonald's
album "The
Path". More info here on Wikipedia. |
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| Margaret Avery |
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| Performs in the
movie "White Man's Burden" More info here on Wikipedia. |
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Updated:
16-nov-2009 |
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