Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk (1996 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]

Daryl Waters, Vincent Bingham, Reg E. Gaines, Savion Glover, Omar A. Edwards, Zane Mark, Ann Duquesnay, Jimmy Tate | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 30, 1996)
• Original Release Date: July 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: RCA Victor Broadway
• ASIN: B000003G4I
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,136 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bring in 'da noise, Bring in 'da funk, September 14, 2011

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Gustavo Chavarria (Mexico City) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk (1996 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

I like the product. Music was awesome.
A most-listen CD if you like Tap performance.
I bought it for the 1st song but all of them are good.
I recommend it!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Soundtrack, January 25, 2011

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David A. Smith "Tic'Tic2012" (Webberville, Mi, USA) - See all my reviews
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this is an awesome soundtrack it is enjoyable and fun to listen to. the best songs on this disc are all of them

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, October 8, 2009

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Staffone K. Williams - See all my reviews
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I have to disagree with the statement that this CD is not worth listening to or purchasing solely because it contains tap music. Having seen the musical twice, I speak from a completely different perspective. While tap music is the medium used to convey a message for the production, the meaning of Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk is that it speaks about 'da beat'. The beats that were held within Africans of varied tribes who were captured, enslaved, emancipated, and navigated through a complicated society in the following years to realize and experience freedoms. The taps in this production must be listened to with an ear that recognizes the instrumental role of tap in song--it essentially mimics the role of the drum by supplying beats. These drum beats are instinctively tribal, uniquely African, and were masterfully expressed through tap in this production. The listener might gain a deeper understanding of and appreciation for this production's audio by knowing beforehand that no drums are used for lead solo beats. The clicks and clacks you hear throughout the audio are made by cast members who are "taking something from nothing"--an empty tub, a few bottles, and some trash cans--and bringing it all it. The beats come alive throughout as the listener is taken on a journey starting in the motherland on slave ships and going on to reflect how the African experienced America. All of the songs, with their accompanying taps and narrations, are very relative to the African Holocaust many reject as ever taking place. "Bring in da Noise.." provides an exemplary explanation of social and historical perspectives that will forever bind together Africans from around the world.