Top Songs By Tonya Pinkins
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tonya Pinkins
Vocals
Veanne Cox
Vocals
Alice Playten
Vocals
Reathel Bean
Vocals
Aisha De Haas
Vocals
Anika Noni Rose
Vocals
Anja Wood
Cello
Benjamin Franklin Brown
Bass
Capathia Jenkins
Vocals
Chandra Wilson
Vocals
Christopher Cardona
Violin
Chuck Cooper
Vocals
David Costabile
Vocals
David Creswell
Viola
David Mann
Reeds
Harrison Chad
Vocals
John Clancy
Percussion
Larry Keith
Vocals
Leon Thomas
Vocals
Linda Twine
Music Director
Lou Marini
Reeds
Marcus Carl Franklin
Vocals
Marva Hicks
Vocals
Matthew Sklar
Keyboards
Paul Garment
Reeds
Paul Woodiel
Violin
Ramona "Monét" Keller
Vocals
Shane Shanahan
Percussion
Stephen Wisner
Reeds
Steve Bargonetti
Guitar
Tracy Chapman
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeanine Tesori
Composer
Tony Kushner
Songwriter
Eberhard Ramm
Copyist
Steve Alper
Copyist
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jeanine Tesori
Producer
Bill Rosenfield
Executive Producer
Enny Joo
Graphic Design
Glen Lajeski
Executive Producer
Jason Spears
Assistant Engineer
Jason Stasium
Assistant Engineer
Jonathan Ducket
Engineer
Kimberly Grigsby
Music Supervisor
Michael Rafter
Associate Producer
Michal Daniel
Photography
Mitchell Leib
Executive Producer
Pat Sullivan
Mastering Engineer
Patrick Pummill
Engineer
Paul David
Cover Art
Robert Schaper
Mixing Engineer
Steve Fickinger
Executive Producer
Tim Olmstead
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
Caroline, there's extra food
Sweet stuffed cabbage cooked with brisket
It's nutritious iron, vegetables
Bring it to your kids
I can't use none, Ms. Gelman, my kids don't like it
They turn they noses up. The smell!
Your mother smoked too many cigarettes
My father is a clarinet
You mean, he plays the clarinet
I mean he plays the clarinet
My mama was a sad bassoon
They played duets
She smoked those packs of cigarettes
Tell them the cabbage is good for them
Make them eat what's good for them
They'll get used to the smell
I did
Reminds me of home, a Northern smell
Takes me back to Ocean Parkway
They'll learn to love cabbage
I did, I did
Cabbage boiled, iron beets
It makes them strong
Children should be strong and big
Big strong children
Noah? Noah
He's so shy
His mother was shy
A hug could break him
Noah, darling
Pack after pack of cigarettes
We warned her they'd harm her
She wouldn't listen
They killed her; she's dead
They killed her
She died
Cancer gets people when they poison sick and angry
Or it just get 'em 'cause it get 'em
No reason
Took my mama, same as yours
God made cancer
Like He make this whole world
You and me and this wash machine
When cancer eat people, it God eatin' 'em
Sometime God eat people, like a hungry wolf
He make this whole world as a test
Cancer was your mama's test
And her death is your test
You been tested, too
Did God make the dryer?
No, the devil made the dryer
Everything else, God made
Written by: Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner