Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Vol. I-IV

This four-CD set of 19th- and 20th-century African American sacred music was initially released as a companion to the 1995 Peabody Award-winning radio series of the same name produced by National Public Radio and the Smithsonian Institution. With extensive notes by Bernice Johnson Reason, who conceived and compiled the series, these recordings honor the rich sacred music tradition created and sustained within the African American community, from which so much contemporary American music draws its inspiration.

Track Listing

101	There is a Balm in Gilead	The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	05:54
102	We Shall Walk Through the Valley	The Princely Players	03:14
103	Roll, Jordan Roll	The Princely Players	02:16
104	I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned	The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	04:37
105	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	The Princely Players	02:46
106	Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho	The Fisk Jubilee Singers	02:22
107	Wade in the Water	The Fisk Jubilee Singers	02:24
108	Deep River	The Howard University Chamber Choir	02:55
109	Listen to the Lambs	The Howard University Chamber Choir	05:20
110	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	01:39
111	Oh Freedom	The Princely Players	02:08
112	Gospel Train	The Princely Players	02:25
113	I'm a Rolling Through an Unfriendly World	The Princely Players	02:18
114	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Kehembe Eichelberger	05:29
115	Steal Away	The Princely Players	05:35
116	Go in the Wilderness	The Princely Players	03:47
117	Ezekial Saw the Wheel	The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	02:20
118	Ain't Got Time to Die	The Howard University Chamber Choir	02:45
119	Wade in the Water	The Howard University Chamber Choir	02:05
201	Sign of the Judgement	The McIntosh County Shouters	02:36
202	Lay Down Body	The McIntosh County Shouters	03:02
203	Lay Down Body	The Seniorlites	01:31
204	You Got a Right to the Tree of Life	The Seniorlites	02:32
205	One Morning Soon	C.J. Johnson	00:46
206	I Want to Go Where Jesus Is	C.J. Johnson	04:55
207	You Better Run to the City of Refuge	C.J. Johnson	03:13
208	I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say	The United Southern Prayer Band	05:50
209	Give Me Jesus	The United Southern Prayer Band	03:59
210	I Am a Soldier in the Army of the Lord	The United Southern Prayer Band	06:02
211	Am I a Soldier of the Cross?	The Richard Allen Singers	06:15
212	Early My God Without Delay	The Richard Allen Singers	04:00
213	Come and Go To That Land	Congregational song	02:55
214	Glory, Glory Hallelujah Since I Laid My Burden Down	The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	04:07
215	A Charge to Keep I Have	The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	04:27
216	Traditional Prayer with Moans	The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	09:46
217	Sit Down Servant	The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	02:04
301	Stand By Me	Lou Bell Johnson	03:24
302	We'll Understand It Better	Toshi Reagon	02:59
303	What are They Doing in Heaven Today?	Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester	05:46
304	Something Within	Eugene Smallwood	04:20
305	He'll Understand and Say Well Done	Donald Vails and Debbie Steele Hayden	03:25
306	Touch Me, Lord Jesus	Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester	03:06
307	It's a Highway to Heaven	Donald Vails	01:46
308	Little Wooden Church on the Hill	Eugene Smallwood	05:06
309	I Was Standing By the Bedside of a Neighbor	Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester	03:21
310	How I Got Over	The Richard Allen Singers	03:04
311	Speak to Me Jesus	Sweet Honey in the Rock	05:18
312	Does Jesus Care	Horace Boyer and Donald Vails	03:50
313	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Sweet Honey in the Rock	04:15
314	God is Still on the Throne	Donald Vails	05:44
315	God Specializes	Donald Vails and Gloria Griffin	07:18
316	Precious Lord	Carolyn Bolger-Payne and the Philadelphia Ambassadors Chorale and Ensemble	03:50
401	Jesus is on the Mainline	The Gospel Harmonettes (Birmingham, Ala.)	05:20
402	Ye That Without Sin, Cast the First Stone	Brother John Hale	02:36
403	Nobody Knows the Trouble I See	The Poole Brothers	03:40
404	A Charge to Keep I Have	The Poole Brothers	04:16
405	There'll Be Singin Over Yonder	The Century Gospel Singers	01:24
406	Nearer My God to Thee	The Four Eagle Gospel Singers	03:20
407	Put Your Trust in Jesus	The Angelic Harmonizers	04:31
408	Who'll Be a Witness for My Lord	The Golden Gate Quartet	04:51
409	Lead Me, Guide Me	Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation	04:03
410	God is So Good to Me	Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation	06:16
411	Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	Bernice Johnson Reagon	01:49
412	Peace in the Valley	The Henry Davis Singers	05:05
413	Hold to God's Unchanging Hand	The Union Temple Baptist Church	07:06
414	Let All the People Praise Him	The St. Augustine Gospel Choir	04:06
415	Yes, Lord (Church of God in Christ Chant)	The Bible Way Temple Radio Choir	00:59