Every Tone a Testimony: An African American Aural History
Other by Various Artists
Released 2001
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1The StruggleLangston Hughes0:22
- 2Field CallAnnie Grace Horn Dodson1:19
- 3Complaint CallEnoch Brown0:44
- 4Intro and Kneebone BandLawrence McKiver and Doretha Skipper2:55
- 5Brother Terrapin, Slow Train to ArkansasRich Amerson2:00
- 6Jack and Mary and Three DogsJanie Hunter5:55
- 7Buck DanceJoe Tucker1:22
- 8I'm Goin up NorthChildren of East York School1:26
- 9Pharaoh's Host Got LostLawrence McKiver1:35
- 10Lucy Terry: Bars FightArna Bontemps1:26
- 11Phillis Wheatley: Earl of DartmouthDorothy F. Washington0:52
- 12I Wonder Where My Brother GoneAnnie Grace Horn Dodson1:20
- 13Harriet Tubman: NarrativeDorothy F. Washington1:03
- 142:09
- 15Frederick Douglass: Singing SlavesOssie Davis1:04
- 16Steal Away to JesusKinsey West1:54
- 172:39
- 181:49
- 19Free at LastDock Reed & Vera Hall Ward1:38
- 20Paul Laurence Dunbar: When Malindy SingsMargaret Walker3:49
- 21There's a Great Camp MeetingFisk Jubilee Singers2:05
- 22Atlanta Exposition AddressBooker T. Washington1:16
- 23John HenrySonny Terry & Brownie McGhee4:07
- 24Fenton Johnson: Banjo PlayerArna Bontemps0:45
- 25Boatman DanceElizabeth Cotten1:46
- 26ShinePercy Randolph1:07
- 27Chopping in the New GroundInmates of Ramsey or Retrieve State Farms, TX1:41
- 283:47
- 29A Recorded AutobiographyW. E. B. Du Bois2:37
- 30James Weldon Johnson: Listen Lord, a PrayerMargaret Walker2:57
- 31My Heart Is FixedReverend Gary Davis2:07
- 32The TitanicLead Belly4:08
- 33HeritageCountee Cullen2:59
- 34Jungle DrumsJames P. Johnson2:32
- CD 2
- 1No More Auction BlockPaul Robeson2:13
- 2The Negro Speaks of RiversLangston Hughes0:47
- 3If We Must DieClaude McKay1:01
- 4Ma RaineySterling Brown2:06
- 5Backwater BluesBig Bill Broonzy2:51
- 6Married Man BluesBillie & De De Pierce5:15
- 7For My PeopleMargaret Walker5:45
- 8The Children of the Poor, Sonnet 2Gwendolyn Brooks0:51
- 9Body and SoulGeorge "Big Nick" Nicholas3:50
- 10How He Delivered MeJuanita Johnson and the Gospel Tones2:42
- 11Long Distance CallMuddy Waters7:00
- 12Cry to MeSolomon Burke2:16
- 13Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me AroundThe Freedom Singers2:34
- 14Birmingham 1963: Keep MovingMartin Luther King, Jr.3:46
- 15Black Panther Party PlatformBobby Seale3:02
- 16Interview (excerpt)Angela Davis1:06
- 17Together to the Tune of Coltrane's "Equinox"Sarah Webster Fabio1:42
- 18Nikki-RosaNikki Giovanni1:16
- 19Liberation/poemSonia Sanchez0:38
- 20DopeAmiri Baraka4:49
- 21The Village of Brooklyn, Illinois 62059Hamiet Bluiett3:35
- 22For the PoetsJayne Cortez3:58
- 23Shotgun JoeGolden Eagles5:22
- 24St. Louis WomanIshmael Reed1:26
- 25People EverydayArrested Development3:274.5 ★
Release credits
- piano [1]
- engineer [25]
- arranger [25]
- guitar [23], vocal [23]
- guitar [25], vocal [25]
- membranophone [23]
- executive [25]
- recording [25]
- recording [5]
- vocal [1]
- additional [25]
- additional [25]
- harmonica [23], vocal [23]
- mix [25], producer [25]
- additional [25]
Issues
E2001