Artist, performer, and Progressive Theatre founder Gregory Omar Osborne took to our Mezzanine studio earlier this month to record numbers from The Gospel at Colonus. Osborne brought in a crew of talented musicians for a selection of the musical’s songs, which feature choir, organ, and vocal arrangements. Dubway engineer Zach Grappone tracked the session, making judicious use of the Mezzanine’s bay of outboard gear and SSL 4064 G+ console.

The Gospel At Colonus is an African-American retelling of the Oedipal story. Created by Lee Breuer with music by composer Bob Telson, the show opened nearly forty years ago, just across the East River at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s first ever Next Wave Festival, in 1983.

There’s no release date currently set for Osborne’s rendition of these pieces, but check back here or at his website (linked above) for future release information! Until then watch an unbelievably star-studded 1985 staging of the play below.