| ARTIST | PIRI THOMAS |
| TITLE | EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET THE LIFE & WORK OF PIRI THOMAS |
| TYPE | SOUNDTRACK |
| RELEASED | 2005 |
| RECORDED |
1992 THROUGH 2002 |
| FORMAT | 1 CD |
| LABEL | AMERICAN CLAVE |
| CATALOG # | AMCL 1032 |
| TRACK | TITLE | WRITTEN BY |
| A01 | Like Tight (At Juvie) | THOMAS Piri |
| A02 | Bullets Or Butterflies Every Child Is Born A Poet | HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A03 | Born Anew At Each A.M. | HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A04 | Ioye Familia ! | HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A05 | What Better Places ? | HANRAHAN Kip |
| A06 | Softly, Puerto Rican, You're Not Alone | HANRAHAN Kip ROBINSON Jonathan THOMAS Piri |
| A07 | Mom And Pop Had Filled My Eyes With The Wondrous City | HANRAHAN Kip |
| A08 | I Speak For Myself | HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A09 | Vaya ! | HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A10 | Mindtrances | TRIFF Alfredo |
| A11 | Freedom Of Expressions | CARDONA Milton |
| A12 | Getting From Nothing | HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A13 |
Pride On Bended Knees |
HANRAHAN Kip |
| A14 |
Moma Never Lost Her Sense Of Beauty |
HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A15 |
Those Who Is And Those Who Ain't (incorporating excerpt from Deep Summer) |
HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A16 |
Armed Robbery On West 8th Street |
HANRAHAN Kip |
| A17 |
Puerto Rican Identity I'm Tough El Miedo |
GONZALEZ HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A18 |
Distant Shore Dreams The Cruelest Prison Of All |
THOMAS Piri TRIFF Alfredo |
| A19 |
Hollywood In Harlem |
HANRAHAN Kip |
| A20 |
Every Child Is Born A Poet | HANRAHAN Kip |
| A21 |
The Hard Stuff |
HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A22 |
El Vejiganté |
HANRAHAN Kip |
| A23 |
Doubt Kills |
HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A24 |
Dignity |
AMEEN Robby |
| A25 |
No Vuelvo |
CARDONA Milton HANRAHAN Kip MARTINEZ Pedro THOMAS Piri |
| A26 |
A Dialogue With Society a/k/a Sermon From The Ghetto (incorporating excerpt from Unobtainable Days, Unobtainable Nights) |
HANRAHAN Kip THOMAS Piri |
| A27 |
Pretty As Thee |
THOMAS Piri TRIFF Alfredo |
| MUSICAL CREDITS |
| AMEEN Robby : percussion / trap drums ARMENTEROS Alfredo Chocolate : trumpet BANG Billy : violin BERROA Igniacio : trap drums BRECKER Michael : tenor saxophone BRUCE Jack : electric bass CARDONA Milton : coro / percussion GOMEZ Edsel : piano GONZALEZ Andy : bass GONZALEZ Jerry : percussion HANRAHAN Kip : percussion HARRIS Stefon : vibes HIDALGO Manenquito Giovanni : congas LEWIS JT : trap drums MARTINEZ Pedro : coro / percussion OLIVERAS José : voice RIOS Puntilla Orlando : congas RIVERA Mario : flute SAUNDERS Fernando : electric bass SCHERER Peter : piano SWALLOW Steve : electric bass THOMAS Piri : voice TRIFF Alfredo : mandolin / violin ZOLLAR James : trumpet |
| TECHNICAL CREDITS |
| BECKMAN Adam : photographer BENGOLEA Alberto : recording engineer BLANKS Matt : cover design CHIN Sara : recording engineer FABRI Zachary : cover design FAUSTY Jon : recording engineer HANRAHAN Kip : producer HAPTAS John : recording engineer KONDAS Dick : mixing engineer / recording engineer PEPER Elliot : recording engineer RICHMOND Lisa : recording engineer ROBINSON Jonathan : liner notes / producer / recording engineer SANCHEZ Juan : cover design / liner notes TAZ Rob : recording engineer |
| JAZZMAN REVIEW WRITTEN BY STEPHANE OLLIVIER |
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