Live album · 2005
Tracklist
1. Narration #1 (0:56)
2. Intro / Opening Statements (6:10)
3. The Beginning of the End (4:53)
4. Narration #2 (1:22)
5. Oral Traditions of the South (4:02)
6. The Elder Negro Speaks (4:02)
7. Narration #3 (2:09)
8. Color Lines (5:43)
9. Narration #4 (1:03)
10. Ballad of the Long Hot Night (7:13)
11. Narration #5 (9:08)
12. Narration #6 (2:17)
13. The Lynch Mob (You Better Run Boy Run) (4:52)
14. Hoopin' And Hollerin (3:46)
15. Narration #7 (2:17)
16. The Prayer / Final Words (3:47)
17. Narration #8 (4:03)
18. The Sacrafice / The Mourning (6:59)
19. Narration #9 / Falling Leaves Yet Growing Trees / Ah Yes the Blues (3:01)
Total Time: 77:51
Line-up/Musicians
Choir – Dillard University Choir, The
Conductor, Trumpet, Composed By – Irvin Mayfield
Directed By [Choir] – S. Carter Davenport
Narrator – Wendell Pierce
Orchestra – New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, The
Other [Cover Model] – Melissa Lavigne Fowler
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Alto Saxophone – Aaron Fletcher , Darryl Reeves
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Baritone Saxophone – Samir Zarif
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Bass – Neal Caine
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Drums – Troy Davis
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Percussion – Rashidi Johnson
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Piano – Jonathan Batiste, Victor Atkins
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Tenor Saxophone – Brice Winston, Calvin Johnson
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Trombone – Steven Walker , Terrance Taplin, Troy Andrews
Performer [New Orleans Jazz Orchestra], Trumpet – Eric Lucero, Leon Brown, Lionel Valadares
About this release
Basin Street Records – BSR 0404-2 (US)
Recorded live on March 19-20, 2004, at Lawless Chapel, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA
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