Dan Zanes' list of guest artists would make just about anybody envious -- Suzanne Vega, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Kronos Quartet, just to name a diverse few. Well, the Broadway album Zanes previously mentioned now has a name (76 Trombones), a release date (November 17), and a guest list that just adds diversity -- Carol Channing, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Matthew Broderick, Broadway stars all. The album reflects songs from MPL Communications' extensive library of Broadway songs and will include “Hello Dolly” (featuring Carol Channing, of course), “I Like Everybody” (from The Most Happy Fella with Mitchell), “I Don’t Need Anything But You” (from Annie), “I Can Do That” (from A Chorus Line), “Before the Parade Passes By” (from Hello Dolly with Broderick), and “Tomorrow, Mañana” (from Annie). Plus a bunch of other guest artists. No word on which Meredith Willson track Zanes is playing... Given that Zanes hasn't even formally released his next album (the Fine Friends Are Here DVD) before finalizing this release, I'm kinda thinking he needs a nice vacation.

A while back, Dan Zanes let us know that, while in Puerto Rico, he was working on some Broadway tunes for his next album. Of course, that was in early 2008, before Nueva York!, before Songs from the Welcome Table, before his The Fine Friends Are Here DVD comes out next month. But never fear, as Zanes has finally made public the November release for the Broadway-themed album. Likely candidates (that is, educated guesses based on some sleuthing but no actual confirmation from Zanes' camp) include some stuff from Guys and Dolls, to be sure, maybe a little Hello, Dolly! and some more modern stuff, among other things.