Wade in the Water, Vol. 3: African American Gospel - The Pioneering Composers

Overview

Wade in the Water, Vol. III: African American Gospel focuses on six of the pioneering composers of the genre -- Rev. Charles Albert Tindley, Lucie Eddie (Elizabeth) Campbell, Rev. William Herbert Brewster, Roberta Martin, Kenneth Morris and the incomparable Thomas A. Dorsey. Recorded between 1992 and 1993, the disc features new renditions of such perennials as "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," "Precious Lord," "How I Got Over" and "We'll Understand It Better By and By."

Product Details

Release Date:	05/01/1994
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways
UPC:	0093074007426
catalogNumber:	40074
Rank:	84875

Tracks

1. Stand By Me
2. We'll Understand It Better By And By
3. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?
4. Something Within
5. He'll Understand And Say Well Done
6. Touch Me Lord Jesus
7. It's A Highway To Heaven (Walking Up The King's Highway)
8. Little Wooden Church on a Hill
9. I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior)
10. How I Got Over
11. Speak to Me Jesus
12. Does Jesus Care?
13. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
14. God Is Still On The Throne
15. God Specializes
16. Precious Lord

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sweet Honey in the Rock   Track Performer
Bernice Johnson Reagon   Track Performer
Rev. Donald Vails   Track Performer
Yasmeen   Track Performer
Evelyn Harris   Track Performer
Aisha Kahlil   Track Performer
Michelle Lanchester   Track Performer
Toshi Reagon   Track Performer
Carolyn Bolger-Payne   Track Performer
Horace Clarence Boyer   Track Performer
Richard Allen Singers   Track Performer
Lou Bell Johnson   Track Performer
Gloria Griffin   Track Performer
Yesmeen   Track Performer

Technical Credits

Roberta Martin   Composer
Robert C. Smith   Paintings
Bernice Johnson Reagon   Producer
Doug Conroy   Engineer
Bill McElroy   Engineer
Toshi Reagon   Producer
Mike Zook   Engineer
Art Steele   Engineer
Judi Moore Latta   Producer
Rev. William Herbert Brewster   Composer
Traditional   Composer