"24 Portland recording artists donate their talents for Haiti aid. All proceeds go to Mercy Corps. An eclectic mix of great music, from standards to show tunes to the latest songs from these great vocalists and muscians."
Label: Not-On-Label Format: CD, Album, Digital, Stereo Country: US Released: 2010 Genre: Pop/ Jazz Style: Pop/ Jazz
Tracklist
1. halogen, storm large, 3:21
2. what i did for love, susannah mars and the portland gay men's chorus, 4:08
3. better days, laurie campbell-leslie, 3:43
4. no one is alone, kirk mouser, 2:48
5. make someone happy, debbie hunter, 3:16
6. what a wonferful world, corey brunish, 2:33
7. rise above, quaterflash, 5:36
8. strange constellation, greg paul, 3:27
9. window of courage, michael allen harisson, julianne johnson, 4:57
10. over the rainbow, lisa marie harrison, 2:33
11. somewhere, joe theissen, 1:44
12. prelude #2, tracy ross, 2:55
13. when you believe, alina ziak, david cole, 3:43
14. smile, jim crino, 2:08
15. czech street scene suite III, etude, reece marshburn, 1:14
16. cherry blossoms, geppina scrigna, 3:49
17. long night's journey into day, mont chirs hubbard, 2:41
18. how can i keep form singing, isaac lamb, 3:36
19. amazing grace, james wesley peppers, 2:34
20. you'll never walk alone, ezra weiss, 5:30
21. you've got to be carefully taught, patty price-yates, 3:26
22. bridge over troubled water, chrissy kelly, 4:27
23. edelweiss, chanda and lucy hall, 1:26
24. seasons of love, group, 2:22
Notes
- Patty Price-Yates (always one to rush to the aid of others) came up with the idea of a live benefit concert for Haiti from her hospital bed in a sterile room of the Bone Marrow Transplant ward at OHSU. One of the people she emailed was Corey Brunish who conceived this CD.
Because Yates was unable to leave the hospital to participate in a live show, Brunish felt a CD was the way to go.
For her rendering of "You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught" he took the recording studio to her.
Rebuilding Haiti may take up to 10 years. We hope you will encourage your friends to purchase this CD. As long as you keep buying, we’ll keep making them.
And we’ll keep sending money to Mercy Corps.
Thanks to all the artists who donated their time and extraordinary talents, and thanks to you for helping bring aid to the survivors of the Haiti quake of 2010.
During the recording sessions for this CD, someone mentioned that he had heard about three American missionaries in Haiti who were in a building when it collapsed. Two of them escaped. The third, trapped inside, could be heard singing "How Can I Keep From Singing?" before he died. Amazingly, Isaac Lamb chose to contribute that song to this CD before he had heard that story.
Most of the songs on this CD were recorded in two marathon sessions. Each singer was allotted 30 minutes to make the their track.
At times hectic and at times moving, the scene was electric to be sure. One vocalist, who could not find the sheet music in time, sang while reading the lyrics from her Blackberry, while her accompanist played from notes made on the back of an envelope.
Jim Crino, who sings "Smile" (about smiling through even the toughest of times) knows of what he speaks. Jim is a brain tumor survivor.
The original 36"X36" canvas of the cover art is by LeslieAnn Butler
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