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Black Manhattan. Volume 3.

Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 21894
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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Rogers, Alex, 1876-1930, lyricist.
Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975, lyricist.
Williams, Frank B., lyricist.
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, lyricist.
Benjamin, Rick, conductor, instrumentalist, writer of supplementary textual content.
Pleasant, Edward, singer.
Jones-Sojola, Andrea, singer.
Packer, Chauncey, singer.
Brugger, Janai, 1983- singer.
Vodery, Will H., arranger of music.
Peyton, Dave, arranger of music.
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978, arranger of music.
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, performer.
Paragon Minstrel Band, performer.
Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ragtime music.
Blues (Music).
Dance music.
Minstrel music.
Piano music (Ragtime).
Songs--Instrumental settings.
Songs.
Spirituals (Songs).
African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Music.
African Americans.
Popular music--1901-1910.
Popular music.
Popular music--1911-1920.
Popular instrumental music--1901-1910.
Popular instrumental music.
Popular instrumental music--1911-1920.
New York (State)--New York.
Genre:
Ragtime music.
Blues (Music)
Minstrel music.
Instrumental settings.
Arrangements (Music)
Dance music.
Songs.
Spirituals (Songs)
Popular music.
Music.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (1:09:32) : digital, CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
plastic metal 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
Brooklyn, NY : New World Records, [2017]
Language Note:
The vocal selections sung in English.
System Details:
digital
optical
stereo
audio file
CD audio
Summary:
The third volume of Paragon Ragtime Orchestra recordings documenting the music of important African-American composers from late 19th- and early 20th-century New York City.
Contents:
Pork and beans rag / C. Luckeyth Roberts (2:08)
Shuffle along. I'm just wild about Harry / Eubie Blake (1:46)
The dancing Deacon : Clef Club fox-trot / Frederick M. Bryan (3:22)
Baby blues. Jewel of the big blue Nile / C. Luckeyth Roberts ; lyrics, Alex Rogers (2:07)
We'll raise the roof to-night / Sidney Perrin (2:40)
The bandana sketches : op. 12, no. 1. Chant / Clarence Cameron White (4:32)
Strut, Miss Lizzie. Dear old Southland / J. Turner Layton ; arranged Will H. Vodery (2:14)
Wall Street 'rag' / Scott Joplin (4:13)
Oh dem golden slippers / James Bland (2:20)
In the baggage coach ahead / Gussie L. Davis (5:24)
Shuffle along. Love will find a way / Sissle [lyrics] & Blake ; orchestration, Will H. Vodery (4:55)
My friend from Kentucky. Overture / J. Leubrie Hill (6:06)
Royal Garden blues / Clarence Williams & Spencer Williams ; orchestration, Dave Peyton (2:10)
The tremolo trot / C. Luckeyth Roberts (1:55)
Just one word of consolation / Tom Lemonier ; lyrics, Frank. B. Williams (4:33)
After you've gone / J. Turner Layton (2:02)
Delicioso : tango aristocratico / Will H. Dixon (3:58)
The zoo-step / Clarence G. Wilson (1:26)
The slow drag blues / Q. Roscoe Snowden ; arr. William Grant Still (3:02)
Ianthia march / Al. Johns (2:20)
I'm goin' home : spiritual setting / Clarence Cameron White (2:36)
Lift every voice and sing : national Negro hymn / James Weldon Johnson [lyrics] & J. Rosamond Johnson (3:10).
Participant:
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (1st-7th, 11th-22nd works) ; Paragon Minstrel Band (9th work) ; Janai Brugger (4th, 11th, 22nd works), Andrea Jones (22nd work), sopranos ; Chauncey Packer, tenor (10th, 15th, 22nd works) ; Edward Pleasant, baritone (9th, 22nd works) ; Rick Benjamin, piano (8th, 10th, 19th works), director.
Notes:
Title from disc label.
Vocal and instrumental music by African-American musicians active in Manhattan, 1896-1921; the 2nd, 7th, 16th, and 18th works are instrumental arrangements of songs; the 6th and 21st works originally for solo violin.
"Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc."
Recorded 2017 June 1-2 American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Program notes and biographical notes on the composers by Rick Benjamin with selected bibliography and discography (47 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contains:
Container of: Roberts, Luckey, 1887-1968. Pork and beans.
Container of: Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983. Shuffle along. I'm just wild about Harry; arranged.
Container of: Bryan, Frederick M. Dancing Deacon.
Container of: Roberts, Luckey, 1887-1968. Baby blues. Jewel of the big blue Nile
Container of: Perrin, Sid L. We'll raise the roof to-night.
Container of: White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960. Bandanna sketches. Chant; arranged.
Container of: Layton, Turner, 1894-1978. Dear old Southland; arranged
Container of: Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Wall Street rag.
Container of: Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911. Oh, dem golden slippers.
Container of: Davis, Gussie L., 1863-1899. In the baggage coach ahead.
Container of: Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983. Shuffle along. Love will find a way
Container of: Hill, J. Leubrie (John Leubrie), -1916. My friend from Kentucky. Overture
Container of: Williams, Spencer, 1889-1965. Royal Garden blues.
Container of: Roberts, Luckey, 1887-1968. Tremolo trot.
Container of: Lemonier, Tom, 1870-1945. Just one word of consolation.
Container of: Layton, Turner, 1894-1978. After you've gone; arranged.
Container of: Dixon, Will H. (William Henry), 1879-1917. Delicioso.
Container of: Wilson, Clarence (Composer). Zoo-step; arranged.
Container of: Snowden, Q. Roscoe. Slow drag blues.
Container of: Johns, Al., 1878 or 1879-1928. Ianthia march.
Container of: White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960. Cabin memories. I'm goin' home; arranged.
Container of: Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954. Lift every voice and sing.
OCLC:
1009104030
Publisher Number:
093228079521
80795-2 New World Records

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