The Essential Paul Robeson [ASV/Living Era]

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Vocalist, orator, athlete, thespian and political activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976) is properly honored with a double-CD Living Era tribute album of historical recordings made between 1925 and 1947. Paul Robeson was part opera singer and part Shakespearian actor; he was also, in equal proportions, a master interpreter of songs from the gospel, folk, blues and jazz traditions. Paul Robeson had a lot in common with Russian basso Feodor Chaliapin. Paul Robeson was also the living embodiment of the phrase "Black Is Beautiful." This outstanding compilation opens with Robeson's 1932 studio recording of "Ol' Man River" and five beautifully rendered spirituals recorded during the...
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All Music Guide - Arwulf Arwulf
Vocalist, orator, athlete, thespian and political activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976) is properly honored with a double-CD Living Era tribute album of historical recordings made between 1925 and 1947. Paul Robeson was part opera singer and part Shakespearian actor; he was also, in equal proportions, a master interpreter of songs from the gospel, folk, blues and jazz traditions. Paul Robeson had a lot in common with Russian basso Feodor Chaliapin. Paul Robeson was also the living embodiment of the phrase "Black Is Beautiful." This outstanding compilation opens with Robeson's 1932 studio recording of "Ol' Man River" and five beautifully rendered spirituals recorded during the mid-'20s with Lawrence Brown at the piano; Brown sings a duet with Robeson on a positively swinging, upbeat version of "Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho," and is heard again elsewhere in the compilation accompanying the singer at various junctures throughout Robeson's career. Most of the material reissued here was originally recorded in London, England with orchestras under the leadership of Ray Noble, Muir Mathieson, and Clifford Greenwood. The producers of this tribute chose a well-rounded spectrum of genre recordings; Robeson sings spirituals, folk songs, show tunes, Americana, Duke Ellington's "Solitude" and various Tin Pan Alley pop tunes. There's even a six-and-one-half-minute blues dedicated to Joe Louis with accompaniment by Count Basie and his orchestra. Seldom does the word "essential" seem as appropriate as it does here; these are indeed most of the essential recordings of Paul Robeson.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/22/2001
  • Label: Asv Living Era
  • UPC: 743625024425
  • Catalog Number: 244

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Ol' Man River (4:19)
  2. 2 Steal Away (2:59)
  3. 3 Joshua Fit de Battle OB Jericho (1:57)
  4. 4 Water Boy (3:05)
  5. 5 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (2:50)
  6. 6 Deep River (2:25)
  7. 7 Lonesome Road (2:43)
  8. 8 Mighty Lak' a Rose (3:23)
  9. 9 River, Stay 'Way from My Door (3:31)
  10. 10 Rockin' Chair (3:32)
  11. 11 When It's Sleepy-Time Down South (3:24)
  12. 12 Mah Lindy Lou (3:15)
  13. 13 My Curly Headed Baby (3:02)
  14. 14 Carry Me Back to Green Pastures (2:52)
  15. 15 Lazy Bones (3:23)
  16. 16 St. Louis Blues (3:29)
  17. 17 Congo Lullaby (3:07)
  18. 18 Canoe Song (3:00)
  19. 19 Shenandoah (3:13)
  20. 20 I Still Suits Me (2:53)
  21. 21 Summertime (2:36)
  22. 22 It Ain't Necessarily So (2:32)
  23. 23 Just A-Wearyin' for You (2:37)
  24. 24 Song of the Volga Boatmen (2:45)
  25. 25 Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day (3:12)
Disc 2
  1. 1 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child/Minstrel Man (2:53)
  2. 2 Git on Board, Little Chillun/Dere's No Hidin' Place (2:18)
  3. 3 Go Down, Moses (2:07)
  4. 4 Bear de Burden/All God's Chillun Got Wings (3:31)
  5. 5 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (2:46)
  6. 6 Got the South in My Soul (3:03)
  7. 7 Blue Prelude (2:47)
  8. 8 Fat Li'l Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes/Shortnin' Bread (3:12)
  9. 9 Wagon Wheels (3:25)
  10. 10 The Banjo Song (3:05)
  11. 11 Love Song (3:26)
  12. 12 Climbing Up (3:13)
  13. 13 All Through the Night (3:24)
  14. 14 Mood Indigo (3:20)
  15. 15 At Dawning (2:25)
  16. 16 An Eriskay Love Lilt (2:51)
  17. 17 Trees (2:30)
  18. 18 Jerusalem (2:25)
  19. 19 The Cobbler's Song (2:42)
  20. 20 A Perfect Day (2:33)
  21. 21 Sylvia (2:00)
  22. 22 Sea Fever (2:11)
  23. 23 King Joe (The Joe Louis Blues) (6:28)
  24. 24 The Old Fols at Home (Swanee River) (3:20)
  25. 25 My Old Kentucky Home (3:24)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Paul Robeson Primary Artist
Ray Noble Performing Ensemble
Elisabeth Welch Vocals
Victor Young Performing Ensemble
Muir Mathieson Choir, Chorus, Performing Ensemble
Clifford Greenwood Performing Ensemble
Harry Jacobson Piano
Ray Noble & His New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Musician
Technical Credits
Hubert Parry Composer
Hoagy Carmichael Composer
Gordon Jenkins Composer
Jerome Kern Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II Composer
Johnny Mercer Composer
MacLeod Arranger
Joe Bishop Composer
Oscar Rasbach Composer
Joyce Kilmer Composer
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