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Three Mo' Tenors - Rodrick Dixon_Thomas Young_Victor Cook
Audio CD ( July 24, 2001 )
Original Release Date: 2001
Label: RCA Victor
Also Available in: Audio Cassette
Bitrate: 320 kbps
"These tenors hit the high C's in OPERA, belt out BRODAWAY, deliver the GOSPEL, bend the BLUES, sass the JAZZ, stir your SOUL, and lift SPIRITUALS right off the ground!"
Inspired by the astoundingly popular The Three Tenors series, Broadway director Marion J. Caffey conceived and directed Three Mo' Tenors, bringing greater visibility to the classically trained African American voice. Starring seasoned tenors Roderick Dixon, Thomas Young, and Victor Trent Cook, Three Mo' Tenors is a theatrically staged concert set taped for public television's Great Performances. A companion to the taped show, the disc features just over an hour of live music from it. The phenomenal showmanship of Dixon, Young, and Trent Cook takes shape in the styles of opera, Broadway, blues, jazz, soul, spirituals, and gospel. The three virtuosos hit high C's with clarity and brilliance; scat with grace and grit; belt, bend and hold a note to beat the band. They move the audience to a state of near-ecstasy performing the traditional "Were You There ( When They Crucified My Lord )" and Puccini's glorious "Nessum Dorma." Other standouts include the jazz classic "Twisted," a rollicking version of "Today I Sing the Blues," and the salty "Minnie the Moocher." Boisterous, bold, and bountiful, Three Mo' Tenors is a modern classic. ~ Paige LaGrone
Picked this up when looking for something else...an impulse buy. Great impulse! Saw these guys on "My Favorite Broadway-The Love Songs", and although they didn't actually fit into the program, they were great. African-American tenors, Rodrick Dixon, Thomas Young, and Victor Trent Cook are incredible separately and together. Cook has "Smokey Joe's Cafe" on Broadway in his credits. Dixon appeared on Broadway in "Ragtime". Young is a legit operatic tenor. These guys whip back and forth between Broadway numbers "Make Them Hear You" ( Ragtime ), classic R & B "Midnight Train to Georgia", classic jazz "Let the Good Times Roll" "Minnie the Moocher", and opera "La Donna E Mobile" "Ah! Mes Amis". Incredible sounds from these guys, recorded live at The Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. Pick it up today! ~ Eric L. Magnus
I returned from hearing The "Three Mo'Tenors" live 2 hours ago. And just finished listening to the CD again. They are that good! One Tenor better than the one before. Live they sang for 2 1/4 hours and I wanted more. Live they perform about 7 more songs than on the CD, and of course all the songs on this CD. Imagine the same three rich Tenor voices crossing seven musical forms and spanning four centuries of music. This is what is on this CD. Put the CD in your player and sit back while these tenors take you on a fantastic, memorable and awe inspiring musical journey through the worlds of opera, Broadway, jazz, blues, soul, spiritual and gospel. You will play this over and over. Do yourself a favor buy the CD ( DVD ) and go see them live. You will feel the concert. Just wounderful. ~ M. A. Ramos
Three Mo' Tenors - Rodrick Dixon_Thomas Young_Victor Trent Cook
01 La Donna e Mobile
02 Let the Good Times Roll
03 Make Them Hear You
04 Ah! Mes Amis….
05 Ellington Medley
06 The Jazz Cat & Minnie the Moocher
07 Twisted
08 Nessun Dorma
09 Today I Sing the Blues
10 Soul Medley
11 Have You Heard / Glory
12 Were You There
13 America The Beautiful
14 Gospel Medley
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