Albany Records: African-American Songs & Spirituals

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A perfect wedding of vocal beauty and song.

In his second CD recording, bass-baritone Oral Moses offers art songs and spiritual arrangements by African-American composers and arrangers whose work spans the 20th century and spills over into the 21st century. Mr. Moses, a South Carolina native, began his singing career as a member of the United States Seventh Army Soldiers Chorus in Heidelberg, Germany and a member of the famed Fisk Jubilee Singers while attending Fisk University following his military career. Upon completion of his undergraduate studies he was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship which provided him the opportunity to return to Europe for further study in vocal performance and opera. Upon his return to the United States, he attended the University of Michigan where he earned a Masters of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree in vocal performance and opera. He is the co-author of Feel the Spirit: Studies in 19th Century Afro-American Music. He is currently Professor of Voice and Music Literature at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Robert Owens, composer
Go Down Moses
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Uzee Brown Jr., composer
There are Angels hoverin' round
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Uzee Brown Jr., composer
Oh Mary what you gonna call your pretty little baby
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Harry T. Burleigh, composer
Jean
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Harry T. Burleigh, composer
He met her in the meadow
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Harry T. Burleigh, composer
Sometimes I feel like a motherless Child
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Harry T. Burleigh, composer
I don't feel no ways tired
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

R. Nathaniel Dett, composer
Zion Hallelujah
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Hall Johnson, composer
Witness
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Hall Johnson, composer
Swing dat Hammer
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

William Grant Still, composer
Songs of Separation
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Margaret Bonds, composer
He's got the whole World in His hand
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Avery Robinson, composer
Water Boy
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Robert Owens, composer
Borderline
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

Betty Jackson King, composer
It' Me O Lord
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

John W. Work III, composer
This little light of Mine
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

arr. George Bailey, composer
Amen
Oral Moses, bass-baritone, George Bailey, piano

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