In this week's episode of Pipedreams, host Michael Barone presents a colorful collection of music featuring African-American composers and performers, including works by Duke Ellington and Eugene Hancock.

Music played in the program

EUGENE HANCOCK: Four Spirituals (We are climbing Jacob’s ladder; Go, tell it on the mountain; My Lord, what a morning; Joshua fought the battle of Jericho) –Robert Scoggin (1967; 1983 Sipe/Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, MN) Pipedreams 1002

WILLIAM B. COOPER: Toccatina & Pastorale –Mickey Thomas Terry (1970 Aeolian-Skinner/National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 2/20/94 & 11/18/93)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Come Sunday –Anders Paulsson, saxophone; Harry Huff (1975 Akerman & Lund/Katarina Church, Stockholm, Sweden) LCM 117

NOEL DaCOSTA: Ukom Memory Songs for Organ and Percussion –Earl Yowell, Steve Kimble, percussion; Mickey Thomas Terry (1985 Schantz/Church of St. Leo the Great, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 1/20/03)

DAVID HURD: Arioso and Finale [1992] –Stephen Tharp (1932 Aeolian-Skinner/Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York, NY) Ethereal CD-104

TRADITIONAL (arranged by Luboff): Deep River –Normon Luboff Choir; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Leopold Stokowski, conductor. RCA CD-62599

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