Description
This massive collection of vocal solos from the works of Hall Johnson displays his understanding of the spiritual genre, the human voice, and the tonal, harmonic colours that permeate the depth of the African-American musical experience. More than 50 songs and classic favourites are featured in this compilation, with two performance CDs for reference and stylistic modelling!!
Contents:
- DERE’S NO HIDING PLACE DOWN DERE
- SOME O DESE DAYS
- I WANT TO BE READY
- DE OLD ARK’S A MOVERING
- WITNESS
- MY LORD’S A WRITING ALL DE TIME
- GO DOWN MOSES
- O MARY DONCHER WEEP
- LORD I DON’T FEEL NOWAYS TIRED
- JOSHUA FIT DE BATTLE OF JERICHO
- O RISE AND SHINE
- I CAN’T STAY AWAY
- DEATH’S GO’N’TER LAY HIS COLD ICY H
- DE BLIND MAN STOOD ON DE ROAD AND C
- HAIL DE KING OF BABYLON
- MARCH ON
- HALLELUJAH KING JESUS
- FI-YER
- GIVE ME JESUS
- HIS NAME SO SWEET
- HOLD DE LIGHT
- WHEN DE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN
- HONOR HONOR HIGH VOICE)
- HONOR HONOR LOW VOICE)
- I’M GO’N’TER TELL GOD ALL OF MY TRO
- MY GOOD LORD DONE BEEN HERE HIGH)
- MY GOOD LORD DONE BEEN HERE MED)
- O GLORY
- STEAL AWAY
- WHAT KINDER SHOES
- WITNESS HIGH VOICE)
- WITNESS LOW VOICE)
- CER’N’Y LORD
- CRUCIFIXION
- I GOT TO LIE DOWN HIGH VOICE)
- I GOT TO LIE DOWN MEDIUM VOICE)
- RIDE ON KING JESUS HIGH VOICE)
- RIDE ON KING JESUS MEDIUM VOICE)
- RIDE ON KING JESUS LOW VOICE)
- TAKE MY MOTHER HOME
- I CANNOT STAY HERE BY MYSELF
- JOHN HENRY
- ON THE DUSTY ROAD
- MY GOD IS SO HIGH
- AT THE FEET OF JESUS
- CERT’N’Y LORD
- COURTSHIP
- DAVID
- FOUNDLING
- I’M CALLING
- MOTHER TO SON
- RIVER CHANT
- HALLELUJAH
- IN BRIGHT MANSIONS ABOVE
- DONCHER LET NOBODY TURN YOU ROUND
- RUN SINNER RUN
- YOU BETTER MIND
