Holding The Torch To Liberty
Eli Yamin & Clifford Carlson
(The Jazz Drama Program; 2023)
TRACKS:
  1. Newsgirl Rag
  2. Don't Go Back On Your Raisin' Piano Solo
  3. Factory Dance
  4. N.Y. Harbor/Comets Arrival
  5. The Roar Of The Wild Boar
  6. Newsgirl Rag II
  7. Factory Dance II
  8. It's The Way That You Talk
  9. What Is America
  10. Don't Go Back On Your Raisin'
  11. What Is America (Blues)
  12. What Is America (Habanera)
  13. Wild Cat Strut
  14. Cuban Love Song
  15. Flame Dance
  16. Newsgirl Rag III
  17. Don't Go Back On Your Raisin' Reprise
  18. What Is America - Finale

Musicians:

Conductor, Piano: Eli Yamin (Eli Yamin is a Steinway Artist)
Bb and C Clarinet: Evan Christopher
Violin: Sara Caswell
Trombone, Euphonium: Chris Washburne
Bass: Nicki Parrott
Drums, Percussion: Stefan Schatz

The Jazz Drama Program Singers:
Rossell Agpaoa
Sofia D'Alessandro
Tiffany Araya
Darlene Guiterrez
Lisa Gwasda
Iva Kostic
Ambar Lopez
Anaie Loyola
Drew Maiden
Georgina Mella
Alice Olom
Baldwin Pena
Shantaysha Peprah
Justin Rivera
Asia Sanchez
Additional Dialogue: Jonah Kupperstock

Production:

All vocal songs by Eli Yamin and Clifford Carlson and published by Yamin Music (BMI)
All instrumentals by Eli Yamin and published by Yamin Music (BMI Music)

Producer: Eli Yamin
Associate Producer: Clifford Carlson
Executive Producers: Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Theatrical Rights, Avatar Studios
Recording & Mix Engineer: Jim Anderson
Additional Engineering: Tim Marchiafava, Roy Hendrickson
Assistant Engineer: Tim Marchiafava
Mastered by Alan Silvermanat Arf! Productions
Recorded at Avatar Studias
Artistic Director, The Jazz Drama Program: Eli Yamin
Acting Coach: Judith Greentree
Assistant Vocal Coach: Lisa Gwasda

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Holding the Torch for Liberty tells the story of the culmination of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, circa 1920. Through ragtime, classic blues, New Orleans and Cuban infused original music, Holding the Torch for Liberty traces how courageous working women joined forces to fight for and win final passage of the 19th Amendment. Combining actual historical events with magical realism, the Statue of Liberty comes to life, goes dancing in a Harlem nightclub, and later meets a determined group of suffragists. Ms.Liberty’s torch becomes a window ti the future, as the roles for women in the country grow – women doctors, lawyers, engineers and even the president. With the country openly divided, a lone congressman fro Tennessee gets an inspirational letter from his mother reminding him that standing up for justice and doing what is right comes easily when you follow your heart.