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A Long Time

Ella Jenkins
A Long Time In the early 1970s, Ella Jenkins released A Long Time, an album made for all ages but geared toward adult listeners. In the album, she adapts long-established, historically significant Black gospel songs, spirituals, and blues songs collected from the churches, jukeboxes, and record stores of her youth. Songs including "I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles" and "How High's the Water" reflect her active role in the ongoing struggle for Black liberation in mid-century America. Joining Ella are her accompanists Brother John Sellers, who learned to sing in churches and collaborated with Northern blues legends, and Joseph Brewer, who enjoyed a career participating in world-famous symphonies and operas, representing the changing makeup of traditionally exclusionary musical spaces.

Track Listing

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Ella Jenkins
03:21
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Ella Jenkins
03:24
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103
Ella Jenkins
02:30
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104
Ella Jenkins
02:50
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105
Ella Jenkins
02:48
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106
Ella Jenkins
03:54
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107
Ella Jenkins
02:13
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108
Ella Jenkins
01:58
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201
Ella Jenkins
03:15
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202
Ella Jenkins
03:01
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203
Ella Jenkins
02:38
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204
Ella Jenkins
01:24
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205
Ella Jenkins
02:56
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206
Ella Jenkins
02:58
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Ella Jenkins
02:44
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Ella Jenkins
03:29