Cat No:
FW07754LP
Release Date: 26 July 2024
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093070775411
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Description
At the start of the 1970s, Ella Jenkins released A Long Time to Freedom, an album made for all ages but geared toward adult listeners, now available on vinyl for the first time in over fifty years. In the album, she adapts long-established, historically significant Black gospel songs, spirituals, and blues songs collected from the churches, jukeboxes, and record stores of her youth. Songs including "I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles" and "How High's the Water" reflect her active role in the ongoing struggle for Black liberation in mid-century America. Joining Ella are her accompanists Brother John Sellers, who learned to sing in churches and collaborated with Northern blues legends, and Joseph Brewer, who enjoyed a career participating in world-famous symphonies and operas, representing the changing makeup of traditionally exclusionary musical spaces.
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Tracklisting
- 1. The Wilderness
- 2. I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles
- 3. Heaven
- 4. When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
- 5. Tol' My Captain
- 6. I'm Gonna Ride This Train
- 7. Jimbo
- 8. Another Man Done Gone
- 1. Soft Pedal Blues
- 2. Po' Man's Blues
- 3. A Friendly Loan
- 4. How High's the Water
- 5. An Old Lady and Her Horse
- 6. If You Ever Get Down
- 7. Freedom's Coming Mighty Soon
- 8. A Long Time
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Things Done Changed
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Pieces of Home
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A Long Time to Freedom
Ella Jenkins
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You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song
Ella Jenkins
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Wanderers Like Me
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The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert
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You've Been a Friend to Me
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Multi-Cultural Children's Songs
Ella Jenkins
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This is Rhythm
Ella Jenkins
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You Sing a Song & I'll Sing a Song
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Ella Jenkins
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Camp Songs With Ella Jenkins & Friends
Ella Jenkins
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More Multicultural Songs From Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
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123's and ABC's
Ella Jenkins
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