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Table of Contents:

• Sweet Jesus / Wendell Whalum (Sam McKelton, tenor ; Louise Toppin, piano) (4:22)
• Song of the seasons / Valerie Capers (Anita Johnson, soprano ; Timothy Holley, violoncello ; Susan Gray, piano) (11:31)
• Slave song / Adolphos Hailstork (Alvy Powell, bass-baritone ; Byron Burford, piano) (7:23)
• Somebody's knocking at your door / arr. Cedric Dent (Cedric Dent, piano) (3:43)
• Absalom / Eugene Hancock (James Patterson, bass-baritone ; Patrick O'Donnell, piano) (3:04)
• Five Millay songs / Leslie Adams (Darryl Taylor, tenor ; Patrick O'Donnell, piano) (14:46)
• Cantata / John Carter (Ray Wade, tenor ; Susan Gray, piano) (12:25)
• Sence you went away / Leslie Adams (Louise Toppin, soprano ; Patrick O'Donnell, piano) (3:13)
• Has he come?...O Miranda : from Act II of Blake / Leslie Adams (Christina Clark, soprano ; Timothy Jones, baritone ; Michelle Beaton, Jorge Parodi, pianos) (5:54)
• God is a God / Wendell Whalum (Sam McKelton, tenor ; Louise Toppin, piano) (3:50)

Contributors:

Dent, Cedric Carl

Whalum, Wendell

Capers, Valerie

Hailstork, Adolphus C.

Hancock, Eugene W. (Eugene Wilson), 1929-1994

Adams, Leslie, 1932-

Carter, John, 1932-1981

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Sweet Jesus [by Whalum, W.]

Song of the seasons [by Capers, V.]

Slave song [by Hailstork, A.C.]

Absalom [by Hancock, E.W.]

Millay songs [by Adams, L.]

Cantata [by Carter, J.]

Nightsongs [by Adams, L.] > Sence you went away

Blake [by Adams, L.] > O Miranda

God is a God [by Whalum, W.]

Somebody's knocking at your door

Related Series:

Videmus

Subjects:

Music by African American composers

Songs with piano

Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble

Piano music, Arranged

Operas — Excerpts

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Various performers.

Performance Medium:

1 performer: piano

General Notes:

Songs, principally with piano acc. The 2nd work with piano and violoncello; the 4th work a spiritual arr. for piano; the 9th work (an opera excerpt) with soprano, baritone and 2 pianos.
Sung in English.
Recorded May 22, June 17-20, and Aug. 22, 1998, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Biographical and program notes, in part by Guthrie P. Ramsey, inserted in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (71 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 83864

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 034061038726
Publisher Number, Albany Records: TROY 387

OCLC Numbers:

45644368