Spirituals, Jazz, & Blues

Spirituals, Jazz, & Blues


 
Paul Robeson, Deep River, undated

Marian Anderson, Deep River, undated

Louis Armstrong, Go Down Moses, n.d.

Ma Rainey & Louis Armstrong, See See Rider Blues, 1924

Ma Rainey, Prove It on Me Blues, 1928

Clara Smith, Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee, 1928

Bessie Smith, Saint Louis Blues, 1929

Cab Calloway, Hi De Ho, 1934

Cab Calloway, Minnie the Moocher, 1942

Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life, 1964 (composed 1933-38)

Tuskegee Institute Choir, "Listen to de Lambs," 1955

 
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Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers, 1934