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Best of African-American Classical

The most popular African-American Classical songs on Spotify • Featuring Duke Ellington, Adolphus Hailstork, William Grant Still, Scott Joplin, Michael Abels, Florence Beatrice Price, Billy Childs, George Walker, Leon Bates, Adrian Younge, Margaret Bonds & Anthony Braxton • By volt.fm
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African-American ClassicalAmerican Modern ClassicalAmerican RomanticismHarlem RenaissanceAmerican Contemporary ClassicalEarly Modern ClassicalContemporary ClassicalBig BandJazzJazz Piano
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Duke Ellington

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Popular Songs

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In A Sentimental MoodDuke Ellington / John Coltrane
3 Spirituals for Orchestra: No. 2. Kum Bab YahAdolphus Hailstork / Virginia Symphony Orchestra / Joann Falletta
My Little Brown BookDuke Ellington / John Coltrane
3 Visions: No. 2, SummerlandWilliam Grant Still / Bruce Levingston

Hidden Gems

Songs you might not have heard before.
Mephisto Masque: Méphisto Masqué (for piano)Edmond Dede / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Rêverie ChampêtreEdmond Dede / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
In His Care-OWilliam L. Dawson / The St. Olaf Choir / Anton Armstrong
Lecolion Loops: after Uti Vår HageDaniel Bernard Roumain / Lecolion Washington / Mark Ensley
MetamorphosisDaniel Bernard Roumain

All Songs

1
In A Sentimental MoodDuke Ellington / John Coltrane
4:15
2
3 Spirituals for Orchestra: No. 2. Kum Bab YahAdolphus Hailstork / Virginia Symphony Orchestra / Joann Falletta
2:50
3
My Little Brown BookDuke Ellington / John Coltrane
5:19
4
3 Visions: No. 2, SummerlandWilliam Grant Still / Bruce Levingston
4:53
5
The EntertainerScott Joplin / Morten Gunnar Larsen
3:53
6
I Got 5 On It - Tethered Mix from USMichael Abels / Luniz / Michael Marshall
1:43
7
Adoration (Version for Solo Violin and String Orchestra)Florence Beatrice Price / Daniel Hope / Zürcher Kammerorchester
3:52
8
Preparing The TrapMichael Abels
2:40
9
Three Visions: II. SummerlandWilliam Grant Still / Natalie Hinderas
4:37
10
Maple Leaf RagScott Joplin / Alexander Peskanov
3:09
11
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor: II. Andante ma non troppoFlorence Beatrice Price / Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin
9:32
12
It Never Entered My MindBilly Childs
5:12
13
Lyric for StringsGeorge Walker / Kellen Gray / Royal Scottish National Orchestra
5:22
14
3 Preludes : Allegro Ben Ritmato E DecisoLeon Bates / George Gershwin
1:26
15
Bulletproof LoveAdrian Younge / Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Method Man
2:12
16
ThemeAdrian Younge / Ali Shaheed Muhammad
1:09
17
Troubled WaterMargaret Bonds / Michael Noble
4:55
18
Dedicated to Multi-Instrumentalist Jack GellAnthony Braxton
0:42
19
6-77AR-36K (Opus 23B)Anthony Braxton
8:51
20
Christmas HymnBilly Childs
1:52
21
Femenine: No. 1, PrimeJulius Eastman / Wild Up / Christopher Rountree
8:48
22
3 Preludes : Allegro Ben Ritmato E DecisoLeon Bates / George Gershwin
1:18
23
Bandana Sketches, Op. 12 "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"Clarence Cameron White / Mela Tenenbaum / Richard Kapp
3:23
24
Antifonys for String OrchestraGeorge Walker / The Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst
6:01
25
DevotionChanda Dancy
3:29
26
StrumJessie Montgomery / Catalyst Quartet
6:53
27
The Forgotten WarChanda Dancy
2:22
28
I Love You Lord TodayDamien Sneed / Chenee Campbell / Djore' Nance & 1 more
1:54
29
Sunflower Slow DragScott Hayden / Scott Joplin / Alessandro Simonetto
4:06
30
Gay GuerrillaJulius Eastman / Frank Ferko / Patricia Martin & 1 more
29:07
31
Rusting Tin Man (Remake) [From “the Woodsman”]Edward W. Hardy
1:29
32
Bright StarMargaret Bonds / Lara Downes
1:26
33
Chelsea Bridge - LiveTyshawn Sorey / Greg Osby / Aaron Diehl & 1 more
11:06
34
ContinuanceDaniel Kidane / Sean Shibe
2:05
35
Ashes - LiveTyshawn Sorey / Greg Osby / Aaron Diehl & 1 more
12:07
36
StarburstJessie Montgomery / Unknown Artist / Julian Wachner
3:31
37
Non Nobis, DomineRosephanye Powell / Concordia University Wisconsin Kammerchor / Alexa Doebele
2:55
38
Christus natus est (Live)Rosephanye Powell / The St. Olaf Choir / Viking Chorus & 5 more
4:30
39
CrucifixionAdolphus Hailstork / BYU Singers / Ronald Staheli
5:06
40
Blue/s Forms: I. Plain Blue/sColeridge-Taylor Perkinson / Randall Goosby
2:04
41
Billie's SongValerie Capers / Edith Widayani
1:33
42
Ekitundu Ekisooka ("First Movement")Justinian Tamasuza / Kronos Quartet
5:36
43
The Chariot JubileeRobert Nathaniel Dett / Nathaniel Gumbs / Roderick George & 30 more
14:01
44
My Lord, What a Mornin' (arr. H.H.T. Burleigh)Harry Burleigh / Traditional / Choral Arts & 1 more
3:39
45
IndígenaTania León / Various Artists
8:26
46
Magnolia, Pt. 2: Pt. 2, MammyRobert Nathaniel Dett / Clipper Erickson
3:32
47
DuskNkeiru Okoye / William Chapman Nyaho
3:24
48
Broken to MinisterDamien Sneed / The Levites
4:54
49
Behold That Star!Evelyn Simpson Curenton / Shepherd Alley Singers, The / Keith Moore & 1 more
2:32
50
Blue/s Forms: III. Jettin' Blue/sColeridge-Taylor Perkinson / Randall Goosby
2:53
51
HomenatgeTania León / Adam Kent
8:12
52
Rusting Tin ManEdward W. Hardy
2:41
53
Lullaby (Arr. for Violin & Piano)Betty Jackson King / Rachel Barton Pine / Matthew Hagle
2:41
54
Kismet RagScott Hayden / Scott Joplin / Alessandro Simonetto
3:04
55
Le Calabrais, Galop brilliant, Op. 39Charles Lucien Lambert / Sakiko Ohashi
2:14
56
Behold the StarWilliam L. Dawson / Marvis Martin / The St. Olaf Choir & 1 more
4:18
57
He Says Yes (From Echo)Pamela Z
4:03
58
Lift Every Voice and SingJ. Rosamond Johnson / Keith Lockhart
4:46
59
Dancing Barefoot in the RainNkeiru Okoye / William Chapman Nyaho
1:01
60
Umoja: Anthem of UnityValerie Coleman / New York Youth Symphony / Michael Repper
13:28
61
Umoja: The First Day of Kwanza 1997Valerie Coleman / Category 5 Quintet / Southern Arts Brass Quintet & 3 more
2:32
62
EcholocationPamela Z
3:33
63
Levee Dance, Op. 26 No. 2Clarence Cameron White / Rachel Barton Pine / Matthew Hagle
3:55
64
Southland Sketches: III. Allegretto graziosoHarry Burleigh / Arnold Steinhardt / Victor Steinhardt
3:12
65
MiddlegroundShelley Washington / PUBLIQuartet
9:21
66
A Winged SpiritHannah Kendall / Hyeyoon Park / Benjamin Grosvenor
1:45
67
NativityHannah Kendall / The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge / Edward Wickham
4:28
68
MetamorphosisDaniel Bernard Roumain
7:24
69
Lecolion Loops: after Uti Vår HageDaniel Bernard Roumain / Lecolion Washington / Mark Ensley
5:40
70
In His Care-OWilliam L. Dawson / The St. Olaf Choir / Anton Armstrong
3:05
71
Rêverie ChampêtreEdmond Dede / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
3:00
72
Mephisto Masque: Méphisto Masqué (for piano)Edmond Dede / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
4:26

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