ORAL MOSES - 1. Ain't Got Time To Die - Hall Johnson 3:15 11. Lit'l Boy - Roland Hayes 3:20 Oral Moses Sings - Songs Of America - TROY 1011 Oral Moses Sings - Songs Of America - TROY 1011 2. There Are Angels Hoverin' Round - Uzee Brown, Jr. 4:38 12. Come Down Angels And Trouble The Water - Smith-Moore 2:10 African-American Composers of the 20th Century - TROY 459 Negro Spirituals – An American National Treasure! - TROY 1489 3. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? - Harry T. Burleigh 2:05 13. I've Been In De Storm So Long - Harry T. Burleigh 3:23 Deep River - Songs & Spirituals of Harry T. Burleigh - TROY 332 Oral Moses Sings - Songs Of America - TROY 1011 4. Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus - Undine Smith-Moore 3:33 14. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning! - Uzee Brown, Jr. 3:40 Negro Spirituals – An American National Treasure! - TROY 1489 Oral Moses Sings - Songs Of America - TROY 1011 Deep River 5. Go On Brother - Robert Owens 1:51 15. Here’s One - William Grant Still 3:44 Negro Spirituals – An American National Treasure! - TROY 1489 Negro Spirituals – An American National Treasure! - TROY 1489 6. Deep River - Harry T. Burleigh 2:39 16. Go Down Moses - Robert Owens 3:14 Deep River - Songs & Spirituals Of Harry T. Burleigh - TROY 332 African-American Composers of the 20th Century - TROY 459 7. Witness - Hall Johnson 2:43 17. Good News - Uzee Brown, Jr. 2:26 African-American Composers of the 20th Century - TROY 459 Negro Spirituals – An American National Treasure! - TROY 1489 8. This Little Light Of Mine - John W. Work III 3:37 18. I Don't Feel No Ways Tired - Harry T. Burleigh 2:44 African-American Composers of the 20th Century - TROY 459 African-American Composers of the 20th Century - TROY 459 Spirituals in Zion Amen! Songs of America 9. Gonna Shout All Over God's Heaven - Uzee Brown, Jr 3:32 19. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Harry T. Burleigh/Erik Lindgren 3:58 Oral Moses Sings - Songs Of America - TROY 1011 Negro Spirituals – An American National Treasure! - TROY 1489 10. Death Is Gwinter To Lay His Cold Icy Hands On Me - Charles Lloyd, Jr. 3:06 20. Ev’ry Time I Feel De Spirit - Hall Johnson 2:28 Negro Spirituals – An American National Treasure! - TROY 1489 Negro Spirituals – An American National Treasure! - TROY 1489 TOTAL TIME = 61:27

Sankofa: (san = return) (ko = go) (fa = look, seek) CREDITS: "An AKAN art symbol widely used in the African Diaspora and Executive Producer: Fred Moses & Oral Moses ORAL MOSES - BASS BARITONE African-American context to represent the imperative to reflect Producer: Erik Lindgren Extreme Spirituals Come Down Angels Steal Away on the past to build a bright future." Mastered and Re-Mastered: Rob Pemberton A COMPILATION OF COVER: Stylized Sankofa bird Graphic Designer: Carole Maugé-Lewis 20 NEGRO SPIRITUALS

PASTE OFA TAG HERE s African Americans commemorate 400 years of Africans in slave life was hard and most slaves could not read nor write. As a The Oral Moses spiritual compilation is comprised of some America, (1619-2019) the presence of the Negro Spiritual remains a result, they adeptly called on the tradition of their African of the most cherished and widely known spirituals, along with strong symbol and a significant tool through which Africans made homelands and used animation and storytelling as tools for all several that have been rarely heard as solo arrangements. They their voices heard throughout these years of struggle. (a commentary by Uzee Brown, Jr., D.M.A., learning, especially, the Bible. In its beginnings the spiritual was reflect the broad range of emotional expressions inherent in the composer and arranger) largely rendered as group or congregational singing, without the spirituals that can be characterized by such powerful words as As we reflect on these songs, many of the melodies, rhythms and necessity that it be carefully arranged and rendered within a formal conviction, hope, introspection, testimony, sorrow, animation, sounds came with us in our souls and bodies and "sprang" from the The Negro Spiritual is one of the most precious gems of the African church setting. Spirituals were not artful arrangements performed encouragement, determination, and joy! mouths of our ancestors and gave us the strength, boldness and American folk music tradition. It is heritage music like the sorrow by virtuoso voices in the concert halls. Indeed the spiritual's the bravery to withstand every challenge for the sake of freedom. songs, work songs and the blues, which religious philosopher, the beginnings were much more humble and perhaps more profoundly The Moses spiritual compilation is comprised of songs that also They were the backbone of our struggle. late Dr. James Cone so aptly called the "secular spiritual." Like most meaningful for those who created them. They were not simply address the broad socio-religious connotations often found in sung; they were given a place in life's experiences and sustained the spirituals, such as the double meaning songs, and the This CD is a compilation of many of these Spirituals which still folk music types, spirituals have no ownership or readily identifiable stand strong even in todays world where in many instances it point of origin, but extemporaneously evolved out of the experiences from one generation to the next by oral transmission. A vital sometimes implicit but often bold anti-slavery messages in such seems as if time has stood still and the need for these precious of a people seeking to express their innermost longings, faith, hope component of the history of the African American lives in these spirituals as Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel, Deep River and Shout gems - words of wisdom of our Ancestors - still toll the bells and thankfulness for grace bestowed on even the most down- enduring tunes. They are the utterances of a single voice, a lead All Over God’s Heaven. This collection, like the spiritual itself, is of freedom. trodden and oppressed among God's children. With these beliefs singer who is responded to or supported by others, or the voices of indeed a precious gem and treasure that presents and preserves the African American found solace and consolation in the mortal many individuals expressing the collective sentiments of all. But in effectively interpreted renditions that constitute the highest "No matter how spirituals are phrased, they communicate world and aspired to a better life in the hereafter. a broader sense, the message of most Negro spirituals is a recognition of this unique African American indigenous art form. essentially the faith expressions of an oppressed people." universal message because they express the wide range of The most beautiful expression of human — Dr. Melva Wilson Costen experiences throughout humanity, regardless to race, ethnicity The Negro spiritual is as its name implies, a sacred song born of the experience born this side the seas. individual spirit. In the early days of America’s historical past, African or circumstance. — (W. E. B. Dubois)

PASTE OFA TAG HERE 20 SONGS 19. 0 Ev’ryTimeIFeel DeSpirit-HallJohnson 20. 8 IDon'tFeelNo Ways Tired -HarryT. Burleigh 18. 7 GoodNews-UzeeBrown, Jr. 17. 6 GoDownMoses-RobertOwens 16. Here’s One-WilliamGrantStill 15. KeepYour LampsTrimmed -UzeeBrown, AndBurning! Jr. 14. I'veBeenInDeStormSoLong-HarryT. Burleigh 13. ComeDownAngelsAndTrouble TheWater -UndineSmith-Moore 12. 1 Lit'lBoy-RolandHayes 11. DeathIsGwinterTo LayHisColdIcyHandsOnMe-CharlesLloyd,Jr. 10. GonnaShoutAllOverGod'sHeaven -UzeeBrown, Jr 9. ThisLittleLightOfMine-JohnW. Work III 8. .Witness-HallJohnson 7. DeepRiver-HarryT. Burleigh 6. GoOnBrother -RobertOwens 5. 3:33 IsThere AnybodyHere ThatLoveMyJesus -UndineSmith-Moore 4. Didn'tMyLord DeliverDaniel?-HarryT. Burleigh 3. There Are AngelsHoverin'Round-UzeeBrown, Jr. 2. Ain'tGotTimeTo Die-HallJohnson 1. COVER IMAGE: StylizedSankofa bird context torepresent theimperative toreflect onthepast to buildabrightfuture." "An AKANartsymbol widelyusedintheAfricanDiasporaand African-American Sankofa: (san=return) (ko=go)(falook,seek) Sometimes IFeelLikeAMotherlessChild -HarryT.n 3:58 Burleigh/ErikLindgre TOTAL TIME=61:27 2:28 2:26 2:44 3:14 3:44 3:20 3:40 3:23 2:10 3:37 2:43 2:39 1:51 2:05 4:38 3:15 3:06 3:32

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