AMERICAN VOICES: THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMPOSERS PROJECT (New Works by Childs, Banfield & Baker) - Akron Symphony Orchestra

Billy Childs (B. 1957)
1 Introduction
Billy Childs
Vocals – Carmen Lundy
Vocals, Percussion [African] – Nana Yaw Asiedu
2:08
2 Afro-American Fragment (Poem By Langston Hughes)
Billy Childs
Vocals – Carmen Lundy
Vocals, Percussion [African] – Nana Yaw Asiedu
6:12
3 Interlude
Billy Childs
Vocals – Carmen Lundy
Vocals, Percussion [African] – Nana Yaw Asiedu
2:53
4 A Mother To Her First-Born (Traditional, Uganda)
Billy Childs
Vocals – Carmen Lundy
Vocals, Percussion [African] – Nana Yaw Asiedu
5:08
5 Interlude
Billy Childs
Vocals – Carmen Lundy
Vocals, Percussion [African] – Nana Yaw Asiedu
1:06
6 Voice Of The Karaw (Traditional, Mali)
Billy Childs
Vocals – Carmen Lundy
Vocals, Percussion [African] – Nana Yaw Asiedu
9:03
David Baker (B.1931) Jazz Suite For Clarinet And Symphony Orchestra: Three Ethnic Dances
7 Jitterbug 6:51
8 Slow Drag 7:55
9 Calypso 5:54
William C. Banfield (B.1961)
10 Symphony No 6 ''Four Songs For Five American Voices''
William C. Banfield
Trumpet – Jack Schantz, John English
11 If Bernstein Wrote It
William C. Banfield
Trumpet – Jack Schantz, John English
6:56
12 In An Ellington Mood
William C. Banfield
Trumpet – Jack Schantz, John English
5:19
13 I'm Dizzy Over Miles
William C. Banfield
Trumpet – Jack Schantz, John English
3:26
14 Someone Said Her Name Was Sarah
William C. Banfield
Trumpet – Jack Schantz, John English
6:57