Bill’s exploration of the music of African-American composers continues this week. We will hear Bill conduct a work by Anthony Davis, plus music composed by Bill’s friend Jeffrey Mumford. Our two-week celebration ends with a poem from Langston Hughes as well as music from Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Michael Jackson.
Portraits in Black, Brown, & Beige, Part II
Playlist
Episode 1
Taj Mahal: Blues With A Feeling
Taj Mahal
Blues with a feeling The Very Best of Taj Mahal
BMG Heritage 82876 55610
5:05
W.C. Handy: St. Louis Blues
Katharine Handy Lewis, voc.
W.C. Handy Blues Sung by his daughter Katherine Handy Lewis in Traditional Style
Folkways Records FG 3540
3:08
Interview with W. C. Handy
2:46
W.C. Handy: St. Louis Blues
Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
Columbia CL 591
8:52
Eddie House: County Farm Blues (excerpt)
Eddie “Son” House, gtr. & voc.
Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Son House
Shout! Factory DK 30251
1:12
Traditional: Drifting Blues (excerpt)
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Blues Master Works
Delta Blues DELB002LP
2:20
Traditional: Drifting Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
Drifting Blues / Groovy
Aladdin 112
3:14
Traditional: Drifting Blues (excerpt)
Albert King, gtr. & voc.
Thursday Night in San Francisco
Stax 032
1:42
Slide Hampton: Frame for the Blues
Maynard Ferguson, tpt. & voc.
A Message From Newport
Roulette 52012
8:14
Hailstork: Epitaph For A Man Who Dreamed
Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol 2
Cedille 61
7:38
Traditional: Deep River
Howard University Ch. Choir
Deep River
Smithsonian Folkways 4007208
2:55
Blegan & Sayer: History of the Blues
Blegan & Sayer
Classical Cartoon Music
Aardvark 222
:43
B.B. King: The Thrill Is Gone
R Hawkins
B.B. King Live in Cook County Jail
MCA Records MCA 27005
5:26
Episode 2
George Gershwin: “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
Todd Duncan, bar.; Anne Brown, sop.
Gershwin Performs Gershwin
Music Masters B000000FMO
5:34
Aaron Copland: “Simple Gifts”,
“The Boatmen’s Dance”,
“The Little Horses”
& “Ching-A-Ring Chaw” fr. Old American Songs
William Warfield, b. Aaron Copland, p.
Expanded Edition – Copland Conducts Copland
Sony 90403
9:29
Giacomo Puccini: “Vissi d’arte” fr. Tosca
Rome Opera House Orchestra/Fabritiis; Leontyne Price, s.
Leontyne Price – The Complete Collection Of Operatic Recital Albums
RCA 794051
3:17
G. Verdi: “Pace, Pace, Mio Dio” fr. La Forza Del Destino
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra/Schippers; Leontyne Price, s.
Leontyne Price – The Complete Collection Of Operatic Recital Albums
RCA 794051
5:48
Gershwin: Introduction, “Summertime”
& “O Lawd, I’m On My Way” fr. Porgy & Bess
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra/Skitch Henderson;
Leontyne Price, s.; William Warfield, bar.
Leontyne Price – The Complete Collection Of Operatic Recital Albums
RCA 794051
6:20. 00:18
Duke Ellington: “Come Sunday” fr. Black, Brown & Beige
Mahalia Jackson, s. w/ Duke Ellington & his Orchestra
Black, Brown and Beige
Columbia CK 65566
8:10
Episode 3
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Petite suite de concert, Op. 77
III. Un sonnet d’amour
IV. La tarantelle fretillante
Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
African Heritage Symphonic Series – Vol I
Cedille 055
5:41
Jeffrey Mumford: Her Eastern Light Amid
a Cavernous Dusk Aspen Wind Quintet
Aspen Wind Quintet
Jeffrey Mumford: The Focus of Blue Light
New World 650
8:23
Hale Smith: Evocation
Natalie Hinderas, p.
Piano Music by African American Composers
CRI 629
3:21
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat
New York Phil/Bernstein; André Watts, p.
Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century
Phil 456 985
18:29
Alvin Singleton: In Our Own House
Karen Walwyn, p.; Jason Marsalis, perc.
Dark Fires Vol 2
Albany 384
6:59
Roland Hayes: Lit’l Boy
Robert Sims, bar.
Robert Sims Sings the Spirituals of Roland Hayes
CD Baby
3:45
Episode 4
Georg Friedrich Händel: “Let the Bright Seraphim” fr. Samson
Orchestra of St. Luke’s/John Nelson; Wynton Marsalis, trp.; Kathleen Battle, s.
Baroque Duet
Sony 46672
5:32
Richard Strauss: IV. Im Abendrot fr Vier Letze Lieder
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur; Jessye Norman, s.
Vier Letzte Lieder/ 6 Orchesterlieder
Phil 475 8507
10:00
Olly Wilson: Sinfonia, II (Elegy for Olly Wilson Sr. and Calvin Simmons)
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
Sinfonia/ Symphony No. 1
New World 80331-2
9:01
Roberto Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra, II
Sinfonia Varsovia/Giancarlo Guererro; James Carter, sax
Caribbean Rhapsody
Decca 001547202
7:02
Anthony Davis: Maps – I. Timothy Island
Kansas City Symphony/William McGlaughlin;
Shem Guibbory, v.; Gerry Hemingway, perc.
The Ghost Factory
Gramavision R2 79429
6:08
Traditional: Kothbiro
Regina Carter, vln.; Yacouba Sissoko, kora
Reverse Thread
Koch 2090
0:32
Traditional: N’Teri
Regina Carter, vln, Yacouba Sissoko, kora; Will Holshouser, acc.;
Chris Lightcap, db.; Alvester Garnett, percussion
Reverse Thread
Koch 2090
5:52
Johannes Brahms: Ballade #3 In B Minor, Op. 10/3
Awadagin
Pratt, p.
A Long Way From Normal
EMI 55025
3:48
John Williams: Air and Simple Gifts
Anthony McGill, cl.; Itzhak Perlman, v.; Yo-Yo Ma, vc.; Gabriela Montero, p.
The Music of America: John Williams
Sony 770636
1:56
Episode 5
Langston Hughes: Night and Morn
Langston Hughes
The Voice of Langston Hughes
Smithsonian Folkways 47001_06
0:33
Joe “King’ Oliver: West End Blues
Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five
1926 – 1928
Fremeaux and Assoc. 1354
3:15
Handy: Cold in Hand Blues
Bessie Smith, voc.; Louis Armstrong, tpt.
The Bessie Smith Story Vol 1
Philips BBL 7019
1:46
James P. Johnson: Snowy Morning Blues
James P. Johnson, p
Snowy Morning Blues
Decca Jazz GRD 604
1:16 excerpt
Darius Milhaud: La Création Du Monde, Op. 81 (excerpt)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra/Branford Marsalis
Creation
Sony Classical Sk 89251
2:00
Duke Ellington: Jungle Nights in Harlem
Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club Orchestra
Jungle Nights in Harlem
Bluebird NL82499
2:59
Duke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady
Karrin Allyson, voc.; Rod Fleeman, gtr.,
Randy Weinstein harm., Ed Howard, bs.
Round Midnight
Concord Jazz CJA 3266202
4:38
Traditional: How Long Blues (excerpt)
Count Basie and His Orchestra w/ Jimmy Rushing
With Count Basie and His Orchestra 1938 – 1945
Giants of Jazz CD 53298
1:57 excerpt
Mary Lou Williams: Hesitation Boogie
Mary Lou Williams, p.
1945-1947
Classics 1050
1:43
Traditional: Piney Brown Blues (excerpt)
Big Joe Turner & Jay McShann
The Last of the Blue Devils – The Kansas City Jazz Story
E for films 2869012
3:02
Parker: Ornithology
Charlie Parker and Miles Davis
Ornithology / A Night in Tunisia
Esquire 10 027
1:19; :34
Denzil Best: Move
Miles Davis nonet
The Complete Birth of the Cool
Capitol Jazz 94550
:54
Miles Davis: All Blues
Miles Davis sextet
Kind of Blue
Columbia COL 494853
1:02
Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner
My One and Only Love / Lush Life
Impulse! 45 218
5:29
Ray Evans and Jay Livingston: Mona Lisa
Nat “King” Cole
Unforgettable
Capitol Records H357
2:29
Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke (excerpt)
Steve Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life
Motown 3746303402
1:39 excerpt
Michael Jackson: Billie Jean (excerpt)
Michael Jackson
Thriller
Epic EK 38112
1:09
Langston Hughes: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Langston Hughes
SFW47001_01
0:46
Duke Ellington: Come Sunday
Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, vln.
Black, Brown and Beige
Columbia CK 65566
2:37