James Taylor at Carnegie Hall
A Gala Celebrating 120 Years of Carnegie Hall
Filmed live on April 12, 2011
Bank of America was Corporate Sponsor of James Taylor at Carnegie Hall
and Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
James Taylor’s Perspectives series was made possible, in part, by
The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
James Taylor at Carnegie Hall
A Gala Celebrating 120 Years of Carnegie Hall
with
Vince Bruce
Barbara Cook
Steve Martin
Bette Midler
Kevin Pollak
Dianne Reeves
Sting
Members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
and a special appearance by
Bill Clinton
Musicians
Charles Floyd, Music Director and Vocal Arrangements
Ernie Collins, Bass and Tuba
Walt Fowler, Horns
Larry Goldings, Piano, Organ, and Keyboards
Bashiri Johnson, Percussion
Jimmy Johnson, Electric Bass
Michael Landau, Electric Guitars
Lou Marini Jr., Horns
Kate Markowitz, Vocals
Arnold McCuller, Vocals
Chad Wackerman, Drums
Andrea Zonn, Vocals and Fiddle
Brandon Ridenour, Piccolo Trumpet
Brian Whitted, Piano (with Bette Midler)
Peter Martin, Piano (with Dianne Reeves)
Produced by David Thompson, and Caroline and James Taylor
Directed by Scott Ellis
Ellyn Kusmin, Associate Producer
Event Production and Design
Derek McLane, Set Designer
Don Holder, Lighting Designer
Jeff Mahshie, Costume Designer
Wendall Harrington, Projection Designer
David L. Morgan, Sound Designer
Dave O’Donnell, Recording Engineer
Jeff Whiting, Associate Director
Lori M. Doyle, Production Stage Manager
Zachary Borovay, Projection Associate
Daniel Brodie, Projection Assistant
Paul DePoo, Associate Scenic Designer
Shoko Kambara, Associate Scenic Designer
Karen Spahn, Associate Lighting Designer
Zoya Kachadurian, Assistant Stage Manager
Ray Tarantola, Music Librarian and Copyist
Peter Gary, Assistant Recording Engineer
Jonathan Prince, Guitar Tech
Hilary Austin, Production Assistant
Davin De Santis, Production Assistant
Teddy Eck, Production Assistant
Selected images courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Rose Archives and Chris Lee.
Management for James Taylor
Sam Feldman, Macklam Feldman Management
Michael Gorfaine, Gorfaine Schwartz Agency
Stanley Lim and Joanne Garzilli, Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman LLP
Jane Muckle, Project Manager
Ralph Perkins, Production Manager
Ellyn Kusmin, Studio Manager / Assistant to James Taylor
Ruth DeSarno, Production Associate
Dave O’Donnell, Mixing Producer and Engineer
Eva Kober, Lindsay Jones, Andreas Jacobs, and Alex Seidl, Aviator Management
Music Selections
“There’s No Business Like Show Business”
by Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin Music Company (ASCAP)
Administered by Williamson Music Company (ASCAP)
c/o Concord Music Publishing
“The Frozen Man”
by James Taylor
Published by Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
“Foggy Mountain Breakdown”
by Earl Scruggs
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
“When I Was a Cowboy”
by Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax, and John A. Lomax
Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. (BMI) / Global Jukebox Publishing (BMI)
“Sweet Baby James”
by James Taylor
Country Road Music (ASCAP) / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)
“My Traveling Star”
by James Taylor
Published by Owl Rat Publishing (ASCAP)
“Don’t Explain”
by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr.
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
“Pirate Jenny”
by Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein (after Bertolt Brecht)
BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP) obo itself and
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc. (ASCAP) /
Weill Brecht Harms Co. Inc. (ASCAP)
“Nashville Nightingale”
by George Gershwin and Irving Caesar
Irving Caesar Music Corp. (ASCAP) / WC Music Corp. (ASCAP)
“Here’s to Life”
by Artie Butler and Phyllis Molinary
Artie Butler Music (ASCAP) / Dominant Jeans Music (BMI)
“Not While I’m Around”
by Stephen Sondheim
WC Music Corp. (ASCAP) obo Rilting Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
“Carolina in My Mind”
by James Taylor
Country Road Music (ASCAP) / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)
“Jubilation Day”
by Steve Martin
Published by LA Films Music (ASCAP)
Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing
“Penny Lane”
by Paul McCartney and John Lennon
Sony Music Publishing (ASCAP)
“How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)”
by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland Jr.
Stone Agate Music (BMI)
“Shower the People”
by James Taylor
Published by Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
“You Can Close Your Eyes”
by James Taylor
Country Road Music (ASCAP) / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)
“Over the Rainbow”
by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
“Over the Rainbow” performed by James Taylor
From Over the Rainbow: The American Standard EP
Courtesy of Fantasy Records
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, Conductor
Mark B. Rulison, Chorus Manager
Sopranos
Jeni Lynn Cameron
Anna S. Choi
Kaila J. Frymire
Laura C. Sanscartier
Caroline Taylor
Mezzo-Sopranos
Gale Livingston
Katherine Mallin
Louise-Marie Mennier
Christina Lillian Wallace
Tenors
Stephen Chrzan
Glen Matheson
Guy F. Pugh
Brian R. Robinson
Basses
Will Koffel
Mark Costello
Timothy Lanagan
Michael Prichard
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Francisco J. Núñez, Founder and Artistic Director
Clare Altman
Saji Abude
Blaize Adam
Nicholas Agar-Johnson
Jonathan Avila
Nailah Barnes
Dylan Batista
Joshua Batista
Billy Beltran
Tommaso Bernardini
Lexi Biegen
Corey Black
Daniel Bonfiglio
Bryanna Brown
Isaac Burg
Quint Burke
William Cabaniss
Argenis L. Castillo Jr.
Victoria Cece
Sandra Cedillo
Jared Colon
Francis John Connolly
Sofie Cornelis
Brianne Cotter
Kieran Coyne
Erin Craig
Ta’Sean Crandoll
McKinny Danger-James
Msmichella Dejonay Gamble
Sofia DiGiandomenico
Justin Donaldson
Stephan Douglas-Allen
Jamila Drecker-Waxman
Alexandra Duncan
Christie Edwards
May El-Harazy
Leonardo Escudero
Catherine Estrada
Mary Joe Fernandez
Maya Folks
Luc Fondrie-Teitler
Isabel Friesner
Nicolas Fusco
Christopher Goodwin
Keerti Gopal
Cassidy Gordon
Alexander Grant
Danielle Haigler
Christopher Hall
Myles Hall
Emma Higgins
Max Hoffmann
Rebecca Houedjissi
Simone Hunter
Izodwa Idehen-Amadasun
Jubei Inoue
Gavin Jablonski
Jahmari Josiah
Divine Kandolo
Ange Kandolo
Nina Kapoor
Olivia Katzenstein
Kaylyn Kelly
Ross Kennedy
Lindsey Knapp
Ashley LaLonde
Justen Lam
Noah Lipnick
Reuben Loveszy
Charles Lovett
Dustin Lu
Nicholas Lui-Leung
Emily Ma
Inessa Mack
John Maldonado
Claudia Malpeli
Jamal Marcelin
Kirreka Martin
Maud Mayer
Zaffira Medici-Murania
David Mercado
Raphael Mercado
Jordan Munoz
Jeremy Munoz
Miki Nakano
James Nash
Kai Nedd
Victoria Pagan
Auguste Perl
Shereen Pimentel
Isaac Ponce
Eddie Rakowicz
Jacob Rhee
Oona Rodgers
Nathaniel Sabat
Evan Schweitzer
Bilen Settepani
Sheridan Simmons
Malaia Simms
Kalia Simms
Cameron Smith
Gabrielle Smith
Owen Smith
Jonah Sotomayor
Alec B. Spector
Jacqueline Stern
Ariel Stitt
Hannah Stoffer
Brian Sussman
Evan Tatnall
Isabelle Teron
Joan Terrado
Jacqulyn Tong
Lucy Tuchman
Erika Urgiles
Clark Vaccaro
Silvia Valentini
Andrew Vogel
Jakai Wade
Samuel White
Lucien Whitman
Christian Williams
Troy Wilson Jr.
AnthonyWyche
Galen Xing
August Zuzworsky
Daniel Zuzworsky
Special Thanks
Angela Ball
Jeff Berger
Savannah Brentnall
Tracy Bufferd
James Burton
Eugene Carr
Kristie Chan
William Cutter
Susan Dangel
Annie Dubats
Allison Elbl
Mary Lou Falcone
Bill Flanagan
Anthony Fogg
Jill Hattersley
Meghan Johannson
Martin Kierszenbaum
Adam LeGrant
Theresa Lowery
David Mirkin
@Office of President Clinton
Ralph Perkins
Darryl Pitt
Aaron St. John
Meagan Strader
Nicole VanGiesen
Ilene Waterstone
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