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| Paul Simon | Primary Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals, Hi String |
| Rubén Blades | Vocals |
| Steve Cropper | Guitar |
| David Mann | Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone |
| Arlen Roth | Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Soloist |
| Kevin Harrison | Background Vocals |
| Ednita Nazario | Vocals |
| Milton Cardona | Bongos, Conga, Maracas, Background Vocals, Claves, Guira |
| Danny Rivera | Coro |
| Marc Anthony | Vocals |
| Bobby Allende | Bongos, Cymbals, Bell-tree |
| Robby Ameen | Drums |
| John Beal | Bass, Piano |
| Crusher Bennett | Shaker |
| Karen Bernod | Background Vocals |
| Bobby Bright | Background Vocals |
| Briz | Background Vocals |
| Pablo Calogero | Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone |
| Richard Crooks | Drums |
| Barry Danielian | Flugelhorn |
| Ray de la Paz | Background Vocals |
| Shannon Ford | Drums |
| Bob Franceschini | Soprano Saxophone |
| Mitch Frohman | Tenor Saxophone, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Tony Garnier | Bass |
| Myrna Lynn Gomila | Vocals, Background Vocals |
| Paul Griffin | Piano |
| Juliet Haffner | Viola |
| Oscar Hernandez | Synthesizer, Piano, Celeste, Glockenspiel, Vibes |
| Bill Holloman | Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone |
| Derrick James | Background Vocals |
| Kia Jeffries | Background Vocals |
| Jay Leonhart | Bass |
| Ozzie Melendez | Trombone |
| Bernie Minoso | Bass Guitar |
| Edgardo Miranda | cuatro |
| Vincent Nguini | Guitar, Electric Guitar |
| Horace Ott | Piano |
| Paul Peabody | Violin |
| Marc Quiñones | Conga, Timbales |
| Angel Ramirez Jr. | Background Vocals |
| Michael Ramos | Accordion |
| Reuben Rodriguez | Bass |
| Stewart Rose | French Horn |
| Jimmy Sabater | Conga, cowbell |
| Nestor Sanchez | Background Vocals |
| Stanley Silverman | Conductor |
| Edgar Stewart | Background Vocals |
| Robby Turner | Pedal Steel Guitar |
| Robert Vargas | Background Vocals |
| Krista Bennion Feeney | Violin |
| Nelson Gonzalez | Tres, Plenaro |
| Paul Livant | Guitar |
| John Walsh | Trumpet |
| Frankie Negron | Vocals, Falsetto |
| Luis Lopez | Trombone |
| Wallace Richardson | Guitar |
| Pablo Nunez | Bongos, cowbell |
| Ray Vega | Trumpet, Soloist |
| Laura Bontrager | Cello |
| Chris Eminizer | Tenor Saxophone |
| Hans Giraldo | Background Vocals |
| Bakithi Kumalo | Bass |
| Rubén Rodríguez | Bass |
| Oriente Lopez | Organ, Flute, fender rhodes |
| Luis Marrero | Background Vocals |
| Marcia Butler | Oboe |
| Angelo Aponte | Background Vocals |
| Saturnino Laboy | Acoustic Guitar, Guitar |
| Diomedes Matos | Acoustic Guitar, Guitar |
| Sean Pulley | Background Vocals |
| Teana Rodriguez | Vocals, Background Vocals |
| Harper Simon | Guitar, Harmonica |
| DeWayne Snype | Background Vocals |
| Dionte Sutton | Background Vocals |
| Trent Sutton | Background Vocals |
| Johnny Andrews | Timbales |
| Renee Connell-Adams | Background Vocals |
| David Davila | Background Vocals |
| Hechter Ubarry | Background Vocals |
| Ed Vasquez | Background Vocals |
| Sara Ramirez | Vocals |
| Luis Antonio Lopez | Trombone |
| David Rodriguez Jr. | Trumpet, Soloist |
| Janet Hafner | Viola |
| Johnny Montalvo | Conga |
| Marc Quinines | Conga, Timbales |
| David Andrew Mann | Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone |
| Paul Simon | Composer, Producer, Liner Notes, Audio Production |
| Roy Halee | Producer, Engineer, Vocal Engineer |
| Oscar Hernandez | Horn Arrangements |
| Dan Hersch | Remastering |
| Bill Inglot | Remastering |
| Bob Ludwig | Mastering |
| Victoria Miles | Interviewer |
| Marc Quiñones | Contributor |
| Stanley Silverman | Orchestration |
| Rob Murphy | Engineer |
| Andy Smith | Engineer |
| Greg Pinto | Engineer |
| Bob Crowley | Cover Art |
| Derek Walcott | Composer |
| Oriente Lopez | Horn Arrangements |
| Clayton Wood | Technical Maintenance |
| Paul "Scooby" Smith | Technical Maintenance |
| Brent Spear | Technical Maintenance |
| Gabe Pressman | Interviewer |
| Marc Quinines | Contributor |
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
This is just a brilliant album. I am listening to it for the 1000th time and I just love the entire body of the recording. Paul's voice is top-notch, the lyrics are fabulous, the music, flawless. I highly recommend it.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I love this album a lot because it #1 has quite a bit of doo-wop and a lot of talented people and background vocalists. The first track, "Adios Hermanos," is a wonderful opening song for the album because it pretty much tells about Salvador Agron and Hernadez, the umbrella man. A very touching album and a colletion of unforgetable songs.
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Posted October 1, 2010
SONGS FROM THE CAPEMAN is presently the only audio recording existing from Paul Simon's doomed Broadway extravaganza THE CAPEMAN. Surviving only a short run in late 1997 and early '98, this dramatized musical biography chronicled the sad life of Salvador Agron, a 16 year old Puerto Rican gang member who murdered two innocent by-standers in a gang war in New York's Hell's Kitchen on a hot August night in1959. Sentenced to prison for 20 years, he became a model prisoner and upon release was completely "rehabilitated." But the sins of the past haunted Agron for the rest of his life. Simon's concept album of the show, obviously a truncated version featuring 13 stunning songs, is one of his greatest achievements. Whatever the failings of the stage production (It was roundly panned by NY theater critics) the music and lyrics (co-written by Derek Walcott) reveal THE CAPEMAN to be a work of extraordinary beauty and insight. Paul Simon lends his vocals to most of the songs but is ably assisted by Marc Anthony, Rueben Blades and Ednita Nazario among other talented hispanic singers. Perhaps someday the complete score to the show will be released. For the present however, this album is proof positive that THE CAPEMAN boasted one of the greatest song scores of any Broadway musical in the past quarter- century. The doo-wop reverie SATIN SUMMER NIGHTS ; the ode to young love BERNADETTE and the unforgettably haunting TRAILWAYS BUS are masterpieces of songwriting.
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