sounds of Arkabutla, Mississippi
Mighty Gospel Clouds (Morven, Georgia), “Thank You, Jesus,” recorded by Alan Lomax at an unidentified A.M.E. church in Arkabutla, Mississippi, 1978
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sounds of Gloster, Mississippi
Tylertown Spirituals (with Jimmy Wilson, guitar), live (Veal Brothers’ 12th Anniversary), Gloster, Mississippi, 1987
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sounds of Parchman Farm
“I Give Myself Away, so You Can Use Me,” anonymous singer/pianist/prisoner, live, Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman, Miss.), 2023
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Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and The Gospel Harmonettes, “I’m Just Holding On” (D. Love Coates), live, TV show, c. early 1970s
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The Consolers (Sullivan and Iola Pugh), “Waiting for My Child” (S. Pugh), 1964
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sounds of Memphis
Traveling Stars, “Jesus Will Fix It,” 1983
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Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), Modular Piece (1969), detail
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Edna Gallmon Cooke (1917-1967), “He’ll Fix It,” rec. 1959
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sounds of Chicago
Highway QCs, “I Heard,” “Do You Love Him,” “I’ll Be Satisfied,” live (TV show [TV Gospel Time]), 1963
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Sunset Travelers (feat. O. V. Wright [1939-1980]) , “Glory Is Coming,” 1962
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streaming
Tonight Henry Threadgill (1944-, alto saxophone, flute [2016 Pulitzer Prize for Music, MCOTD Hall of Fame]), Vijay Iyer (1972-, keyboards [2013 MacArthur “genius grant”]), and Dafnis Prieto (1974-, percussion [2011 MacArthur “genius grant”]) are performing, as The Trio, at New York’s Jazz Gallery, with livestream tickets available here.
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Sunset Travelers, “My Number Will Be Changed,” rec. 1953 (Houston)
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