SONGS OF FREEDOM, JUSTICE & PEACE
Steven Kimbrough, Baritone

Mary K. Jackson & Alma Gaudette, Pianists

Six songs of Freedom and Justice (African American Poets In Song)

  1. The Merry-Go-Round (Words: Langston Hughes, 1902-1967)    1:50

  2. Tableau (Words: Countee Cullen, 1903-1946)    2:10

  3. The Slave's Complaint (Words: Charles Moses Horton, ca. 1797-1883)   3:33

  4. Sympathy (Words: Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872-1906)   3:25

  5. On Liberty and Slavery (Words: Charles Moses Horton. co. 1797-1883)   4:56

  6. Bury Me in a Free Land (Words: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. 1825-1911)   4:22

Three Songs for Justice &Peace

  1. How Shall We See Each Other (Words: S T (Steven( Kimbrough, Jr., 1936-)   4:13

  2. Ahoy, Agape, Salaam, Shalom (Words: S T (Steven) Kimbrough, Jr.. 1936-)   2:59

  3. My Family (Words: Steven Fortis Kimbrough, 1958-2010)   2:01

Two Songs for Creation

  1. Simplicity (Words: Dorothy B. Kimbrough, 1909-2007)   2:54

  2. The Praying Mantis (Words: Steven Forris Kimbrough, 1958-2010)   2:07

Seven Proverbs (Words: Edwin Kimbrough, 1911-1990)

  1. A Glad Heart (Proverbs 15:13)   2:02

  2. The Early Bird Catches the Worm (Popular Proverb)   1:49

  3. A Bird in the Hand (Popular Proverb)   2:21

  4. A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss (Popular Proverb)   1:41

  5. A Good Name (Proverbs 22:1)   2:08

  6. A Word to the Wise (Popular Proverb)   1:51

  7. A Word Fitly Spoken (Proverbs 25:18)   2:04

Tr 49:54

Music by Mary K. Jackson (1935-): 1-6, 7-8, 10-18: by Carlton R. Young (1926-): 9
Piano: Mary K. Jackson (1-4, 7, 10-18). Alma Gaudette (5-6, 8-9):
Flute: Maureen Harris (8, 9, 14, 16)
Recorded, edited, mired, mastered by Jason Richmond at Sound Pure Studio. Durham, NC
August 22-24, 2012, August 8-9, 2013
Cover Design: Mork S. Kimbrough
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