The Long Road to Freedom : an Anthology of Black Music

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Call Number: CD Folk Long Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Compact discs.
Bonus DVD special features: "Harry Belafonte's reminiscence of that special period, biographies of key participants and musicians, web site links, a message from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and much more."
Disc 1. The roots: Ose Yie - Ashanti war chant (Asafoiatse Netty) ; Sakadougou - Malinke ballad (Kandia) ; Ake - Yoruba work chant ; Kufidi m'pala bituta (Toko Mzobe) ; Ayilongo - Ghenya boatmen (Emanuel N'Suba) ; Oba oba - homage to a king ; Okaikoi - harvest ceremony ; Ashiee tatale - ga play song (Betty Clotty & the African Children's chorus) ; Aja aja o - Yoruba fale (Betty Clotty & the African Children's chorus) ; Falle-well Shisha Maley - transitional hymn -- Amazing grace - and the sermon (Bessie Jones & Sorrell Booke) -- Shouts and early spirituals: How do you do, ev'rybody? (Erzalene Jenkins & Nannie McNeil) ; O, Lord, I'm waitin' on you (Valentine Pringle) ; Prayer (Bessie Jones) -- Hark 'e angel (Harry Belafonte) ; Yonder comes day (Bessie Jones) ; Goodbye, ev'rybody (Valentine Pringle) --
Disc 2. Louisiana creole: Tombeau, tombeau (Leonard de Paur) ; Je m'en vais finir mes jours (Leonard de Paur) ; Dans un brigatoire (Leonard de Paur) ; Au place congo pur la belle Layotte (William Eaton) ; Fome la dit, mo malheuré (Leonard de Paur) ; Miche banjo (Leonard de Paur) -- Slave Christmas: Good mornin', good mornin' (Hamilton Grandison) ; All roun' de glory manger (Erzalene Jenkins,Joseph Crawford) ; Mary, what you call yo' baby? (Carrie Lee Suter) ; Wonderful councillor (Harry Belafonte) -- Long road to freedom, Underground railroad: Follow the drinking gourd (Leon Bibb) ; Steal away to Jesus (Leonard de Paur) ; There's a meetin' here tonight (Joseph Crawford) ; Many thousan' gone (Joseph Crawford) -- The long road to freedom, the war: The colored volunteer (Harry Belafonte) -- We look like men of war (Earl Baker, Milt Grayson) ; Song of the 1st Arkansas volunteers, Glory Hallelujah (Harry Belafonte) ; Free at las' (Joseph Crawford) --
Disc 3. Country moods: Ol' lady from Brewster (Children's chorus) ; Hallie, come on! (Miriam Burton) ; Run squirrel, whoa mule (Thelma Drayton) ; Fox chase (Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee) ; Chickens done crowed (Valentine Pringle) ; 'Way go lily (Children's chorus) ; Shine on (Ned Wright) ; Grey goose (Bessie Jones) ; Pick a bale o' cotton (Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee) ; Li'l gal, li'l gal (Bessie Jones) ; Go to sleepy (Harry Belafonte) -- City moods: I got 'em (Valentine Pringle) ; Hambone, hambone (Tyrone Cooper) ; Watermelon man (Ned Wright) ; Fare thee well, oh honey (Gloria Lynne) ; Blackberry woman (Lillian Hayman) ; Easy rider blues (Joe Williams) ; Oh, Johnny Brown (Sharon G. Williams) ; I got' em (Valentine Pringle) ; Black woman (Brownie McGhee) ; Watermelon man (Ned Wright) --
Disc 4. Ballads and frolics: Let the deal go down (G. Cambridge, J. Crawford, B. McGhee) ; Betty and Dupree (Joe Williams) ; Eas' man (Leon Bibb); John Henry (Valentine Pringle) ; Boll weevil (Harry Belafonte) -- Bad men, booze and minstrels: Stagolee (Cortez Franklin) ; Joe Turner blues (Gloria Lynne) -- Honey, take a whiff on me (Ben Carter) ; Folk-Minstrel scene: Go 'long muley; My baby in a guinea blue gown; Dat liar; Finale (Harry Belafonte, Ben Carter, Charles Colman, Cortez Franklin, Milton Grayson, Robert Henson, Gloria Lynne, Larry Marsahll, Gregory L. Sneed, Sherman Sneed)
Disc 5. Muscles and sweat: Ho boys, cancha line 'em (Valentine Pringle) ; Good ir'n (Harry Belafonte) ; Go on, ol' gator ; Doncha hear yo' po' mother callin'? ; river sounding chant (Charles Colman, William Eaton) ; Nobody's business, Lord, but mine (Harry Belafonte) -- My God is a rock: My God is a rock (Harry Belafonte) ; We are climbin' Jacob's ladder (Harry Belafonte) ; I am so glad (Harry Belafonte) ; I'll never turn bakc no mo' (Irving Barnes) ; Excerpt from Dr. King speech ; Lord, I don't feel noways tired (Howard Roberts.
Various performers.

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