''Lift Every Voice and Sing'' is an album by American jazz drummer
Max Roach with the J.C. White Singers recorded in 1971 and released on the
Atlantic label.
Max Roach discography
accessed September 25, 2012
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Vincent Thomas states, "Few albums exhibit the church's lasting effect on his musical direction more than ''Lift Every Voice and Sing''. It's deeper than the album title... it's the Elvin Jones/ John Coltrane-esque interplay between Roach and Harper on "Joshua" that makes this album unforgettable—every time the choir comes in, the emotion is enough to crumble the Wall of Jericho".[Thomas, V]
Allmusic Review
accessed September 25, 2012
Track listing
# " Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 7:21
# "Garden of Prayer" (Patricia Curtis, Max Roach) - 2:47
# "Troubled Waters" (Traditional) - 7:00
# " Let Thy People Go" (Traditional) - 6:50
# "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
"Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" is an African-American spiritual that was first printed in 1899. It was likely composed by enslaved African Americans in the 19th century.
The song was first published in William Eleazar Barton ...
" (Traditional) - 5:48
# " Joshua" (Traditional) - 7:12
*Recorded in New York on April 7, 1971 (tracks 1 & 3-5), and April 8, 1971 (tracks 2 & 6)
Personnel
* Max Roach - drums
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, arranger
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* Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet
* Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
* George Cables - piano
*Eddie Mathias - electric bass
* Ralph MacDonald - percussion
*Ruby McClure, Dorothy White, J.C. White - vocals
*Unidentified 22 voice choir
* William Bell, Abbey Lincoln, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
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- arranger
References
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1971 albums
Max Roach albums
Atlantic Records albums
Albums produced by Joel Dorn