Various Artists - The Apollo

Double LP

The Apollo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the audio accompaniment to the HBO documentary released November 6, 2019. Helmed by Oscarr and Emmyr-winning director Roger Ross Williams, The Apollo chronicles the unique history and contemporary legacy of New York City's landmark Apollo Theater. The soundtrack album is produced by the film's music supervisors, Grammyr-nominated Dondi Bastone and TunesMap founder G. Marq Roswell, and mastered by Ian Sefchick at Capitol Studios.

LP 1:

Kenneth J. Thompson, Apollo Greeter

Charles Mingus - Take the 'A' Train

Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Memphis Blues

Marion J. Caffey - Interview Excerpt

Ella Fitzgerald - How High the Moon

Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra - Old Man Blues

Pearl Bailey - She's Something Spanish

Count Basie & His Orchestra - Jive at Five

Ted Fox - Interview Excerpt / Author, Showtime at The Apollo

Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit

Mikki Shepard - Interview Excerpt

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

Kamilah Forbes - Interview Excerpt

James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud

Ta-Nehisi Coates - Interview Excerpt

Robert Glasper - Apollo As Home

Featuring interview excerpt from Ted Fox, Author, Showtime at The Apollo

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Home Is Where the Heart Is

LP 2:

Robert Glasper - Mission Statement

Johnny Hodges - Come Sunday

James Brown - Lost Someone (Live at The Apollo)

Robert Glasper - Schiffman Cards

Jimmy Smith - T'aint No Use

Robert Glasper - Obama Returns to The Apollo

Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady

Kenny Burrell & Grover Washington Jr - Asphalt Canyon Blues

Etta James - Something's Got a Hold on Me

Robert Glasper - Harlem Riots

Dizzy Gillespie Octet - Duke's Last Soliloquy

Ta-Nehisi Coates and T. Griffin - From the staged reading of his book Between the World and Me, Apollo Theater, April 2018. Featuring Score by T. Griffin - Opening, The Apollo Theater

Robert Glasper w/ Ledisi - Don't Turn Back Now

President Barack Obama at The Apollo Theater, January 19, 2012

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