| Other author/creator | Dent, Cedric Carl, arranger of music. |
| Included Work | Whalum, Wendell. Sweet Jesus. |
| Included Work | Capers, Valerie Song of the seasons. |
| Included Work | Hailstork, Adolphus C. Slave song. |
| Included Work | Hancock, Eugene W. (Eugene Wilson), 1929-1994 Absalom. |
| Included Work | Adams, Leslie, 1932-2024. Millay songs |
| Included Work | Carter, John, 1937- Cantata. |
| Included Work | Adams, Leslie, 1932-2024. Nightsongs. Sence you went away |
| Included Work | Adams, Leslie, 1932-2024. Blake. O Miranda |
| Included Work | Whalum, Wendell. God is a God. |
| Variant title |
Contemporary African American art songs & spirituals |
| Series | Videmus |
| Contents |
Sweet Jesus / Wendell Whalum (Sam McKelton, tenor ; Louise Toppin, piano) (4:22) -- Song of the seasons / Valerie Capers (Anita Johnson, soprano ; Timothy Holley, violoncello ; Susan Gray, piano) (11:31) -- Slave song / Adolphos Hailstork (Alvy Powell, bass-baritone ; Byron Burford, piano) (7:23) -- Somebody's knocking at your door / arr. Cedric Dent (Cedric Dent, piano) (3:43) -- Absalom / Eugene Hancock (James Patterson, bass-baritone ; Patrick O'Donnell, piano) (3:04) -- Five Millay songs / Leslie Adams (Darryl Taylor, tenor ; Patrick O'Donnell, piano) (14:46) -- Cantata / John Carter (Ray Wade, tenor ; Susan Gray, piano) (12:25) -- Sence you went away / Leslie Adams (Louise Toppin, soprano ; Patrick O'Donnell, piano) (3:13) -- Has he come?...O Miranda : from Act II of Blake / Leslie Adams (Christina Clark, soprano ; Timothy Jones, baritone ; Michelle Beaton, Jorge Parodi, pianos) (5:54) -- God is a God / Wendell Whalum (Sam McKelton, tenor ; Louise Toppin, piano) (3:50) |
| General note | Songs, principally with piano acc. The 2nd work with piano and violoncello ; the 4th work a spiritual arr. for piano; the 9th work (an opera excerpt) with soprano, baritone and 2 pianos. |
| General note | Sung in English. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Biographical and program notes, in part by Guthrie P. Ramsey, inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded May 22, June 17-20, and Aug. 22, 1998, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. |
| Other title | Somebody's knocking at your door. |
| UPC |
034061038726 |
| Publisher number | TROY 387 Albany Records |