Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Vols. 1-4

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 AandM 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 AandM 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 (1) 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 AandM 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	Ezekiel Saw the Wheel The Florida AandM University Concert Choir	02:20
118	Ain't Got Time to Die The Howard University Chamber Choir	02:45
119	Wade in the Water (2) The Howard University Chamber Choir	02:05
201	Sign of the Judgement The McIntosh County Shouters	02:36
202	Lay Down Body (3) The McIntosh County Shouters	03:02
203	Lay Down Body (4) 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 Singers from Demopolis, Alabama	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 (1) 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 (2) 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