''An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends'' is a live album by

Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...

, released in 1997. Allmusic entry for ''An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends''Retrieved November 2009. The album is the soundtrack of a concert, televised by

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in March 1997. It was also released as a concert video. In 2003 the concert video was also released on DVD.

Track listing

# "We Are the Wave" (

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, Richard Cummings, The Soul Brothers) – 3:52 # "Turn the World Around" (Harry Belafonte, Robert Freedman) – 6:14 # "Island in the Sun" (

Lord Burgess Irving Louis Burgie (July 28, 1924 – November 29, 2019), sometimes known professionally as Lord Burgess, was an American musician and songwriter, regarded as one of the greatest composers of Caribbean music.Richard Bona Richard Bona (born 28 October 1967) is a Cameroon-born American multi-instrumentalist and singer. Early life Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo was born in Minta, Cameroon, into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a y ...

) – 3:46 # "

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" ( Norman Span) – 9:50 # "Dangerous Times" (Holmes) – 4:50 # "

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" ( Tom Jones,

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) – 4:29 # "Paradise in Gazankulu" (Holmes, Oben Ngobeni) – 7:15 # "Eyando" (Bona) – 3:02 #"

Jamaica Farewell "Jamaica Farewell" is a Jamaican-style folk song (mento). The lyrics for the song were written by Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie), an American-born, half- Barbadian songwriter. It is about the beauties of the West Indian Islands. Harry Belafonte ...

" (Burgess) – 6:44 #"

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of ...

" (

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Irving Burgie Irving Louis Burgie (July 28, 1924 – November 29, 2019), sometimes known professionally as Lord Burgess, was an American musician and songwriter, regarded as one of the greatest composers of Caribbean music.Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...

– vocals *

Richard Bona Richard Bona (born 28 October 1967) is a Cameroon-born American multi-instrumentalist and singer. Early life Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo was born in Minta, Cameroon, into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a y ...

– solos on "Eyala" and "Eyando", guitar *Mamadou Ba – bass *

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– woodwinds *Dan Carillo – guitar *Domonic Kanza – guitar *Galen "Lenny" Underwood – keyboards, background vocals *James R. Sebastian – drums *Edison Da Silva – percussion *Emedin Rivera – percussion *LaTanya Hall – background vocals *Gwendolyn Jackson – background vocals *Sam McKelton – background vocals *Fluitt – background vocals Production notes: *David Belafonte – producer, engineer, mixing *Harry Belafonte – executive producer, liner notes *Kooster McCallister – engineer *Michael Halsband – photography *Joanne Savio – photography

References

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