In Bright Mansions
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Curb
Release Date:January 28, 2003
CD Length: 52'47"

   The Fisk University Jubilee Singers, whose nine original ensemble toured the United States and Europe in 1871, are the first group of African-American musicians who attained recognition and the fame.
   Recorded for an HDCD format in Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studio, a mid-19th-century church building, this album features the singers of the 2001-2002 academic year who continue the legacy of the group. All the songs are a capella, and most of the arrangements are at least a half-century old. The album, featuring the classics such as "Were You There," "Wade in the Water," and the title piece "In Bright Mansions," is also an "enhanced CD" which includes the production notes viewable as a computer data..

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Track Listing:

1. I'm Gonna Sing Till the Spirit Moves
2. Poor Man Lazrus
3. Down By the Riverside
4. Lord, I'm Out Here on Your Word
5. De Gospel Train
6. Were You There?
7. Rockin' Jerusalem
8. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
9. I've Been in the Storm
10. Soon-Ah Will Be Done
11. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
12. Hold On!
13. There Is a Balm in Gilead
14. Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord
15. Wade in the Water
16. Ride On, Jesus
17. I Got a Home in-a Dat Rock
18. In Bright Mansions

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