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

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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.

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101	There is a Balm in Gilead	The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	5:54
102	We Shall Walk Through the Valley	The Princely Players	3:14
103	Roll, Jordan Roll	The Princely Players	2:16
104	I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned	The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	4:37
105	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	The Princely Players	2:46
106	Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho	The Fisk Jubilee Singers	2:22
107	Wade in the Water	The Fisk Jubilee Singers	2:24
108	Deep River	The Howard University Chamber Choir	2:55
109	Listen to the Lambs	The Howard University Chamber Choir	5:20
110	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	1:39
111	Oh Freedom	The Princely Players	2:08
112	Gospel Train	The Princely Players	2:25
113	I'm a Rolling Through an Unfriendly World	The Princely Players	2:18
114	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Kehembe Eichelberger	5:29
115	Steal Away	The Princely Players	5:35
116	Go in the Wilderness	The Princely Players	3:47
117	Ezekial Saw the Wheel	The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	2:20
118	Ain't Got Time to Die	The Howard University Chamber Choir	2:45
119	Wade in the Water	The Howard University Chamber Choir	2:05
201	Sign of the Judgement	The McIntosh County Shouters	2:36
202	Lay Down Body	The McIntosh County Shouters	3:02
203	Lay Down Body	The Seniorlites	1:31
204	You Got a Right to the Tree of Life	The Seniorlites	2:32
205	One Morning Soon	C.J. Johnson	0:46
206	I Want to Go Where Jesus Is	C.J. Johnson	4:55
207	You Better Run to the City of Refuge	C.J. Johnson	3:13
208	I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say	The United Southern Prayer Band	5:50
209	Give Me Jesus	The United Southern Prayer Band	3:59
210	I Am a Soldier in the Army of the Lord	The United Southern Prayer Band	6:02
211	Am I a Soldier of the Cross?	The Richard Allen Singers	6:15
212	Early My God Without Delay	The Richard Allen Singers	4:00
213	Come and Go To That Land	Congregational song	2:55
214	Glory, Glory Hallelujah Since I Laid My Burden Down	The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	4:07
215	A Charge to Keep I Have	The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	4:27
216	Traditional Prayer with Moans	The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	9:46
217	Sit Down Servant	The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	2:04
301	Stand By Me	Lou Bell Johnson	3:24
302	We'll Understand It Better	Toshi Reagon	2:59
303	What are They Doing in Heaven Today?	Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester	5:46
304	Something Within	Eugene Smallwood	4:20
305	He'll Understand and Say Well Done	Donald Vails and Debbie Steele Hayden	3:25
306	Touch Me, Lord Jesus	Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester	3:06
307	It's a Highway to Heaven	Donald Vails	1:46
308	Little Wooden Church on the Hill	Eugene Smallwood	5:06
309	I Was Standing By the Bedside of a Neighbor	Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester	3:21
310	How I Got Over	The Richard Allen Singers	3:04
311	Speak to Me Jesus	Sweet Honey in the Rock	5:18
312	Does Jesus Care	Horace Boyer and Donald Vails	3:50
313	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Sweet Honey in the Rock	4:15
314	God is Still on the Throne	Donald Vails	5:44
315	God Specializes	Donald Vails and Gloria Griffin	7:18
316	Precious Lord	Carolyn Bolger-Payne and the Philadelphia Ambassadors Chorale and Ensemble	3:50
401	Jesus is on the Mainline	The Gospel Harmonettes (Birmingham, Ala.)	5:20
402	Ye That Without Sin, Cast the First Stone	Brother John Hale	2:36
403	Nobody Knows the Trouble I See	The Poole Brothers	3:40
404	A Charge to Keep I Have	The Poole Brothers	4:16
405	There'll Be Singin Over Yonder	The Century Gospel Singers	1:24
406	Nearer My God to Thee	The Four Eagle Gospel Singers	3:20
407	Put Your Trust in Jesus	The Angelic Harmonizers	4:31
408	Who'll Be a Witness for My Lord	The Golden Gate Quartet	4:51
409	Lead Me, Guide Me	Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation	4:03
410	God is So Good to Me	Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation	6:16
411	Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	Bernice Johnson Reagon	1:49
412	Peace in the Valley	The Henry Davis Singers	5:05
413	Hold to God's Unchanging Hand	The Union Temple Baptist Church	7:06
414	Let All the People Praise Him	The St. Augustine Gospel Choir	4:06
415	Yes, Lord (Church of God in Christ Chant)	The Bible Way Temple Radio Choir	0:59

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