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Every Tone A Testimony- Every Tone A Testimony

SKU: 093074700327
¥175.00
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This double CD draws upon the collection at the Smithsonian Folkways archive to create a history of African American life and culture in sound- an aural history. Encompassing both the African American oral and literary traditions, these 59 tracks feature an unparalleled assembly of voices in music, oratory, poetry, and prose by historically renowned African American musicians, writers, and activists. The sounds collected here are testimony to the power, creativity, and resilience of Black expressive forms that have received recognition throughout the world.

Tracklist:

  1. Struggle, The - Langston Hughes
  2. Field Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson
  3. Complaint Call - Enoch Brown
  4. Intro and Kneebone Bend - Lawrencs McKiver/Doretha Skipper
  5. Brother Terrapin, Slow Train to Arkansas - Rich Manuel "Rich" Am
  6. Jack and Mary and Three Dogs - Mrs. Janie Hunter
  7. Buck Dance - Joe Tucker
  8. I'm Goin' up North - Children Of East York School
  9. Pharaoh's Host Got Lost - Lawrencs McKiver
  10. Bars Fight - Lucy Terry
  11. Earl of Datrmouth - Phillis Wheatley
  12. I Wonder Where My Brother Gone - Annie Grace Horn Dodson
  13. Narrative - Harriet Tubman
  14. Speech at Akron Convention - Sojourner Truth
  15. Singing Slaves - Frederick Douglass
  16. Steal Away to Jesus - Kinsey West
  17. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? - Frederick Douglass
  18. Why Slavery Is Still Rampant? - Sarah Parker
  19. Free at Last - Dock Read & Vera Hall Ward
  20. When Malindy Sings - Paul Laurence Dunbar
  21. There's a Great Camp Meeting - Fisk University Jubilee Singers
  22. Atlanta Exposition Address - Booker T. Washington
  23. John Henry - Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry
  24. Banjo Player - Fenton Johnson
  25. Boatman Dance - Elizabeth Cotten
  26. Shine - Percy Randolph
  27. Chopping in the New Ground - Inmates Of Ramsey
  28. Lynching, Our National Crime - Ida B Wells-Barnett
  29. Recorded Autobiography, A - W.E.B. Du Bois
  30. Listen Lord, A Prayer - James Weldon Johnson
  31. My Heart Is Fixed - Rev. Gary Davis
  32. Titanic, The - Leadbelly
  33. Heritage - Countee Cullen
  34. Jungle Drums - James P. Johnson
  35. No More Auction Block - Paul Robeson
  36. Negro Speaks of Rivers, The - Langston Hughes
  37. If We Must Die - Claude McKay
  38. Ma Rainey - Sterling A. Brown
  39. Backwater Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
  40. Married Man Blues - Billie & De De Pierce
  41. For My People - Margaret Walker
  42. Children of the Poor, Sonnet 2, The - Gwendolyn Brooks
  43. Body and Soul - George Big Nick Nicholas
  44. How He Delivered Me - Juanita Johnson & The Gospel Tones
  45. Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters
  46. Cry to Me - Solomon Burke
  47. Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around - The SNCC Freedom Singers
  48. Brimingham 1963 (Keep Moving) - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  49. Black Panther Party Platform - Bobby Seale
  50. Interview (Excerpt) - Angela Davis
  51. Together to the Tune of Coltrane's Equinox - Sarah Webster Fabio
  52. Nikki-Rosa - Nikki Giovanni
  53. Liberation / Poem - Sonia Sanchez
  54. Dope - Amiri Baraka
  55. Village of Brooklyn, Illinois 62059, The - Hamiet Bluiett
  56. For the Poets - Jayne Cortez
  57. Shotgun Joe - Golden Eagels
  58. St. Louis Woman - Ishmael Reed
  59. People Everday - Arrested Development
Format: New CD/Spoken

Every Tone A Testimony- Every Tone A Testimony

SKU: 093074700327
¥175.00

Release Date: 02.27.2001

 
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This double CD draws upon the collection at the Smithsonian Folkways archive to create a history of African American life and culture in sound- an aural history. Encompassing both the African American oral and literary traditions, these 59 tracks feature an unparalleled assembly of voices in music, oratory, poetry, and prose by historically renowned African American musicians, writers, and activists. The sounds collected here are testimony to the power, creativity, and resilience of Black expressive forms that have received recognition throughout the world.

Tracklist:

  1. Struggle, The - Langston Hughes
  2. Field Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson
  3. Complaint Call - Enoch Brown
  4. Intro and Kneebone Bend - Lawrencs McKiver/Doretha Skipper
  5. Brother Terrapin, Slow Train to Arkansas - Rich Manuel "Rich" Am
  6. Jack and Mary and Three Dogs - Mrs. Janie Hunter
  7. Buck Dance - Joe Tucker
  8. I'm Goin' up North - Children Of East York School
  9. Pharaoh's Host Got Lost - Lawrencs McKiver
  10. Bars Fight - Lucy Terry
  11. Earl of Datrmouth - Phillis Wheatley
  12. I Wonder Where My Brother Gone - Annie Grace Horn Dodson
  13. Narrative - Harriet Tubman
  14. Speech at Akron Convention - Sojourner Truth
  15. Singing Slaves - Frederick Douglass
  16. Steal Away to Jesus - Kinsey West
  17. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? - Frederick Douglass
  18. Why Slavery Is Still Rampant? - Sarah Parker
  19. Free at Last - Dock Read & Vera Hall Ward
  20. When Malindy Sings - Paul Laurence Dunbar
  21. There's a Great Camp Meeting - Fisk University Jubilee Singers
  22. Atlanta Exposition Address - Booker T. Washington
  23. John Henry - Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry
  24. Banjo Player - Fenton Johnson
  25. Boatman Dance - Elizabeth Cotten
  26. Shine - Percy Randolph
  27. Chopping in the New Ground - Inmates Of Ramsey
  28. Lynching, Our National Crime - Ida B Wells-Barnett
  29. Recorded Autobiography, A - W.E.B. Du Bois
  30. Listen Lord, A Prayer - James Weldon Johnson
  31. My Heart Is Fixed - Rev. Gary Davis
  32. Titanic, The - Leadbelly
  33. Heritage - Countee Cullen
  34. Jungle Drums - James P. Johnson
  35. No More Auction Block - Paul Robeson
  36. Negro Speaks of Rivers, The - Langston Hughes
  37. If We Must Die - Claude McKay
  38. Ma Rainey - Sterling A. Brown
  39. Backwater Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
  40. Married Man Blues - Billie & De De Pierce
  41. For My People - Margaret Walker
  42. Children of the Poor, Sonnet 2, The - Gwendolyn Brooks
  43. Body and Soul - George Big Nick Nicholas
  44. How He Delivered Me - Juanita Johnson & The Gospel Tones
  45. Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters
  46. Cry to Me - Solomon Burke
  47. Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around - The SNCC Freedom Singers
  48. Brimingham 1963 (Keep Moving) - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  49. Black Panther Party Platform - Bobby Seale
  50. Interview (Excerpt) - Angela Davis
  51. Together to the Tune of Coltrane's Equinox - Sarah Webster Fabio
  52. Nikki-Rosa - Nikki Giovanni
  53. Liberation / Poem - Sonia Sanchez
  54. Dope - Amiri Baraka
  55. Village of Brooklyn, Illinois 62059, The - Hamiet Bluiett
  56. For the Poets - Jayne Cortez
  57. Shotgun Joe - Golden Eagels
  58. St. Louis Woman - Ishmael Reed
  59. People Everday - Arrested Development