First time on CD for this unforgettable Truman Capote musical! The marvelous score is by Harold Arlen and the African-American cast is brilliant: Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll and Juanita Hall; bonus tracks include Percy Faith's Orchestra performing Mardi Gras Waltz ; Capote performing Ottilie and the Bee, and an unissued Arlen demo of a Sleepin' Bee !
2 Waitin' - Dolores Harper, Ada Moore, Enid Mosier
3 One Man Ain't Quite Enough - Pearl Bailey
4 A Sleepin' Bee - Diahann Carroll
5 Bamboo Cage (Smellin' of Vanilla) - Dolores Harper, Ada Moore, Enid Mosier
6 House of Flowers - - Rawn Spearman, Diahann Carroll
7 Two Ladies in the Shade - Ada Moore, Enid Mosier, Chorus
8 What Is a Friend For? - Pearl Bailey
9 Mardi Gras - M. Burton & Company
10 I Never Has Seen Snow - Diahann Carroll
11 I'm Gonna Leave Off Wearing My Shoes - Diahann Carroll
12 Has I Let You Down? - Pearl Bailey
13 Slide, Boy, Slide - Juanita Hall
14 Don't Like Goodbyes - Pearl Bailey
15 Turtle Song - Rawn Spearman & Diahann Carroll
16 Mardi Gras Waltz (Bonus) - Percy Faith and His Orchestra
17 Two Ladies in the Shade (Bonus) - Enid Mosier
18 Otille and the Bee (Bonus) - Truman Capote
19 A Sleepin' Bee (Bonus) - Harold Arlen (Demo Recording to Truman Capote)
First time on CD for this unforgettable Truman Capote musical! The marvelous score is by Harold Arlen and the African-American cast is brilliant: Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll and Juanita Hall; bonus tracks include Percy Faith's Orchestra performing Mardi Gras Waltz ; Capote performing Ottilie and the Bee, and an unissued Arlen demo of a Sleepin' Bee !