Oklahoma!
LIsten to Leah’s cello playing on the Grammy nominated cast recording of Daniel Fish’s Tony award winning 2019 Broadway Revival of Oklahoma!
Photograph by Little Fang
“Daniel Kluger’s arrangements for a mostly acoustic septet are ceaselessly inventive, and you would be hard pressed to find a more beautifully sung show in town. ” — Elisabeth Vincentelli
The Oklahoma! band is: Accordion/Drums: Nathan Koci; Mandolin/Electric Guitar: Joe Brent; Pedal Steel/Acoustic Guitar/Electric Guitar: Brett Parnell; Banjo: Hilary Hawke; Violin: Sarah Goldfeather; Cello: Leah Coloff; Bass: Eleonore Oppenheim. Arrangements by Daniel Kluger; Conducted by Nathan Koci;
Go Inside the Recording Studio With the Cast of Broadway’s Oklahoma!
ThisTree
The music inspiring Leah’s multi media theatrical piece, ThisTree which premiered at the 2019 Prototype Festival.
These songs stretch tall like pines dark with sweet prickly needles. Leah combines “Clunk” (classical meets punk) with shades of cabaret, horns and old timey stylings to create a fearless album about family legacy, her own family history and finding one’s place in the world.
Recorded by Marc Urselli at East Side Sound.
Mixed by Bryce Goggin at Trout Studios
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian
Horn arrangements by
Andy Green
Featuring
Mathias Kunzli on drums
Dan Willis on Tenor sax/clarinet
Kenny Berger on Alto Flute, Baritone Sax
Mike Fahie on Trombone
Sarth Calhoun on bass
Tony Diodore on banjo
The Source
music by Ted Hearne, libretto by Mark Doten
Leah is grateful to play cello for this radical and distinct work by Ted Hearne, named one of “The Best Classical Recordings of 2015” by The New York Times.
The Source is a modern-day oratorio, and a patchwork of songs based on American primary-source texts. The subject is Chelsea Manning, the US Army Private who infamously leaked hundreds of thousands of classified military documents to WikiLeaks in 2010.
Outlanders by Ted Hearne
Leah joined an amazing group of musicians to play Ted Hearne’s songs. And created one of the interludes called “dirty to love.”
Ted writes, OUTLANDERS is a personal compendium of songs I wrote from 2008-2010…. which I workshopped/performed/recorded/produced over the next several years with a band of my favorite New York musicians….and which have finally gelatinized into a complete album. Love songs mostly. Four interludes by friends (three remixes and one live improvisation) tie the room together.
The Family Album
by Lucibel Crater
Lucibel Crater is Leah Coloff on vocals and cello, Sarth Calhoun on keys and live electronics, and Paul Chuffo on drums.
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“It’s not easy to sound this fresh without ever sounding contrived, but Lucibel Crater pulls it off effortlessly. The Family Album enacts family values the way they ought to be- emotionally charged, continually surprising, inspiring in their originality and ambition, provocative and fun, noisy and meaningful. And entirely satisfying.” -Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone
“Lucibel Crater is a breath of fresh air. Compelling melodies, with evocative hybrid organic/electro sounds and sterling performances.” -Tony Visconti, Producer (David Bowie)
Dark Sweet Heart
Leah’s first self-released record, Dark Sweet Heart is a collection of loud, soft, punk, rock, pretty, crazy songs and hit #3 on KBOO radio Portland, Oregon.
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This album was recorded and produced by Adam Lasus at Fireproof Studio in Brooklyn, NY with Rich Kulsar on drums and Ben Shapiro on guitars as well as Dave Phelps on guitar for Service and Last Song.
“She does everything she can think of with that cello, short of setting it on fire.” – Charles Herold
Suspension
by Number19
Leah’s first collaboration with Sarth Calhoun. Their first song “water” rose to the upper reaches of mp3.com. Ranked #18 overall on the site, it garnered over 90,000 downloads in 6 months.
A great 4 piece with Marc Righter on drums, Tony Diodore on violin and guitar, Sarth Calhoun on bass and keys and Leah on vocals and cello.
Number Nineteen features diverse and exciting instrumentation, wild and evolving textures floating above a deep pocket; classical strings, psychedelic musings, fingerstyle guitar, enticing vocals, electronic pulses, and lyrical tales collaborate to make surprising song structures and improvised moments of rock and roll.
Other Recording Contributions
Linda Thompson: Versitile Heart (rounder records)
Michael Cerveris: Dog Eared (low heat records)
Ziggy Marley Dragonfly (Private Music/RCA victor group)
Nancy Sinatra: Nancy Sinatra (Attack Records):
Britta Phillips and Dean Wharem: L’Aventura (Jetset)
Sybarite: Nonument (4AD)
Mark Mulcahy: Smilesunset (Mezzotint)
Erin O’hara: Indestructible Joy (Mother Trucker Records)
Violet: The Last Cathedral (Wine & Vinyl Music)
Denise Barberita: Chaos and Congeniality (My Shy Tune)
Matthew Peverly: Hard To Imagine
Bob Kannen: Receiver (Shiny Plastic Records)
Soundtracks
The Rachel Divide: end credits, cello: “ID” by Ben Harper
Sicko: Michael Moore film Original Music by Erin O’hara
“Nothing Really Happens” Original Music by David Belmont