Description
Tracklist:
1-1: Overture
1-2: Joe Lieberman Reads John F. Kennedy
1-3: Ask Not – Kennedy
1-4: Deepak Chopra Reads Jawaharlal Nehru
1-5: Spoken At Midnight – Nehru
1-6: William Vanden Heuvel Reads Franklin D. Roosevelt
1-7: The Four Freedoms – Roosevelt
1-8: Douglas Brinkley Reads Ronald Reagan
1-9: Tear Down This Wall – Reagan
1-10: David Miliband Reads Winston Churchill
1-11: The Deliverance – Churchill
1-12: Glenn Close Reads Aung San Suu Kyi
1-13: Water In Cupped Hands – Suu Kyi
1-14: Sam Waterston Reads Lyndon B. Johnson
1-15: The American Promise – Johnson
1-16: Andrew Young Reads Nelson Mandela
1-17: The Time For The Healing Of The Wounds – Mandela
2-1: Overture
2-2: Ask Not – Kennedy
2-3: Spoken At Midnight – Nehru
2-4: The Four Freedoms – Roosevelt
2-5: Tear Down This Wall – Reagan
2-6: This Deliverance – Churchill
2-7: Water In Cupped Hands – Suu Kyi
2-8: The American Promise – Johnson
2-9: The Time For The Healing Of The Wounds – Mandela
Presidential Suite was recorded at Varis Leichtman Studio, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY on September 14, 2014.
Additional recording:
William vanden Heuvel – July 22, 2014
Glenn Close – November 3, 2014
Sam Waterston – July 19, 2015
Andrew Young – June 21, 2016
Deepak Chopra – October 10, 2014
Joe Lieberman – November 3, 2014
David Miliband – February 12, 2015
Douglas Brinkley – January 15, 2016
Packaged in oversized gatefold cardboard sleeve with 40-page booklet.
CD1 contains the spoken word readings and musical pieces. CD2 contains the same musical pieces without the spoken word recordings.
