Sing Me Home

~ Release by Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1Green (Vincent's Tune)
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
bass drum and caxixi:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
bawu, sheng and suona:
Wu Tong
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
double bass:
Shawn Conley (double-bassist)
gong [Beijing opera gongs] and gong [wind gong]:
Haruka Fujii
kamancheh and kamancheh [shah-kaman]:
Kayhan Kalhor
percussion [flower pot]:
Joseph Gramley
pipa:
Wu Man
shakuhachi:
Kojiro Umezaki
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola) and Johnny Gandelsman (violinist)
guest vocals:
Roomful of Teeth (US vocal ensemble)
vocals:
Wu Tong
arranger:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Ljova
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States and Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Roomful of Teeth4:23
2O'Neill's Cavalry March
recording engineer:
Jody Elff and Kevin Killen
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
double bass:
Shawn Conley (double-bassist)
guest fiddle [Irish fiddle]:
Martin Hayes
kamancheh:
Kayhan Kalhor
pipa:
Wu Man
shakuhachi:
Kojiro Umezaki
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
arranger:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States and Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Martin Hayes2:43
3Little Birdie
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
double bass:
Shawn Conley (double-bassist)
pipa:
Wu Man
sheng:
Wu Tong
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola) and Johnny Gandelsman (violinist)
guest vocals:
Sarah Jarosz
arranger:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Sarah Jarosz2:49
4Ichichila
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
calabash and reco-reco [scraper]:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
caxixi and shaken idiophone [rattles]:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist) and Mark Suter
double bass:
Shawn Conley (double-bassist)
guest balafon:
Balla Kouyaté
guest kora:
Toumani Diabaté
kamancheh:
Kayhan Kalhor
marimba:
Joseph Gramley
shakers [shaker]:
Haruka Fujii
shakuhachi:
Kojiro Umezaki
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola) and Johnny Gandelsman (violinist)
arranger:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
recorded at:
Africa Studio in Bamako, Mali and MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Ichichila
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Toumani Diabaté & Balla Kouyaté6:31
5Sadila Jana
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
shakuhachi:
Kojiro Umezaki
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
guest vocals:
Black Sea Hotel
instruments arranger:
Kyle Sanna
vocals arranger:
Sarah Small
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Садила Јана
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Black Sea Hotel3:27
6Shingashi Song
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
bass drum and caxixi:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
bell, congas [conga], cymbal [chappa], naobo [Chinese cymbal] and shime-daiko:
Haruka Fujii
bongos [bongo], crotales and tom-tom:
Joseph Gramley
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
double bass:
Shawn Conley (double-bassist)
guest shime-daiko, guest taiko [miydaiko] and guest taiko [o-jime]:
Kaoru Watanabe (flute/shinobue/taiko)
shakuhachi:
Kojiro Umezaki
sheng:
Wu Tong
tabla:
Sandeep Das (Indian Tabla player and composer)
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
arranger:
Haruka Fujii
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Kaoru Watanabe5:06
7Madhoushi
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
cello:
Mike Block (cellist)
guest sitar and guest vocals:
Shujaat Khan (Indian musician and sitar player)
kamancheh:
Kayhan Kalhor
tabla:
Sandeep Das (Indian Tabla player and composer)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
arranger:
Shujaat Khan (Indian musician and sitar player)
recorded at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Shujaat Khan9:36
8Wedding
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
cajón:
Mark Suter
cello:
Eric Jacobsen (cellist and conductor)
clarinet:
Kinan Azmeh (Syrian clarinetist)
darbuka:
Joseph Gramley and Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
davul, frame drum, riq [Arabic riq] and tef [Turkish tef]:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
double bass:
Jeffrey Beecher
shakuhachi:
Kojiro Umezaki
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola) and Jessie Montgomery (US composer and violinist)
guest vocals:
Dima Orsho (Gaswan Zerikly)
vocals:
Wu Tong
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Dima Orsho6:08
9Going Home
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
clarinet:
Kinan Azmeh (Syrian clarinetist)
guest banjo, guest cello and guest vocals:
Abigail Washburn
sheng:
Wu Tong
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
vocals:
Wu Tong
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Going Home
lyricist:
William Arms Fisher (American composer, music historian and writer)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer)
arranger:
Jeremy Kittel
translator:
Keith Lipson and Wu Tong
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Abigail Washburn5:32
10Cabaliño
recording engineer:
Jody Elff and Xabier Olite
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
bagpipe [gaita]:
Cristina Pato
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
double bass:
Shawn Conley (double-bassist)
doyra [doira]:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
guest accordion:
Roberto Comesaña
guest hurdy gurdy [zanfora]:
Anxo Pintos
guest tambourine and guest vocals:
Davide Salvado
kamancheh:
Kayhan Kalhor
arranger:
Anxo Pintos and Evan Ziporyn
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States and Son Natural in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña (Province of A Coruña), Galicia, Spain
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Cabaliño
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Roberto Comesaña, Anxo Pintos & Davide Salvado7:42
11St. James Infirmary Blues
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
clarinet:
Kinan Azmeh (Syrian clarinetist)
double bass:
Jeffrey Beecher
flute [shakulute]:
Kojiro Umezaki
guest accordion:
Michael Ward‐Bergeman
guest yangqin:
Reylon Yount
marimba:
Joseph Gramley
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
guest vocals:
Rhiannon Giddens
arranger:
Michael Ward‐Bergeman
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
St. James Infirmary
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Ward‐Bergeman & Reylon Yount7:27
12If You Shall Return...
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
bass drum:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
cymbal:
Haruka Fujii
double bass:
Shawn Conley (double-bassist)
guest guitar:
Bill Frisell
shakuhachi:
Kojiro Umezaki
sheng:
Wu Tong
tabla:
Sandeep Das (Indian Tabla player and composer)
vibraphone:
Joseph Gramley
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Bill Frisell6:51
13Heart and Soul
recording engineer:
Jody Elff
producer:
Johnny Gandelsman (violinist) and Kevin Killen
mixer:
Kevin Killen
cajón:
Mark Suter
cello:
Yo‐Yo Ma (cellist)
clarinet:
Kinan Azmeh (Syrian clarinetist)
cymbal and tambourine:
Joseph Gramley
double bass:
Jeffrey Beecher
piano:
Cristina Pato
pipa:
Wu Man
riq and snare drum:
Shane Shanahan (percussionist)
shakuhachi:
Kojiro Umezaki
sheng:
Wu Tong
viola:
Nicholas Cords (violist)
violin:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
guest vocals:
Lisa Fischer (American vocalist) and Gregory Porter
arranger:
Rob Mathes
recorded at:
MSR Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Studio Zona Dolce in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Heart and Soul
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Famous Music Corp. (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Yo‐Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble feat. Lisa Fischer & Gregory Porter3:57

Credits

Release

art direction and design/illustration:Josh Cheuse (photographer/design/art direction)
associate producer:Jonathan Bays (producer)
Jeffrey Beecher
Mark Suter
Kojiro Umezaki
Alex Venguer
executive producer:Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
mastering:Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer)
mastered at:Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/9005881 [info]
ASIN:US: B01B8OHQ1M [info]