BLACK COMPOSER
CD RECORDINGS - 200
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Updated 2008

Supplements the document:  Comprehensive Reference Guide to Black Composer Recordings

RELEASE YEAR
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2003
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Composers recorded in 2003

  • Abdel-Rahim, Gamal

  • Abels, Michael

  • Adams, Alton Augustus

  • Anderson, T.J.

  • Baker, David

  • Banfield, William

  • Bonds, Margaret

  • Brown, Velvet

  • Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel

  • Cook, Will Marion

  • Davis, Anthony

  • Dett, Robert Nathaniel

  • Dickerson, Roger

  • Europe, James Reese

  • Fernandez, Oscar Lorenzo

  • Hailstork, Adolphus

  • Hemphill, Julius

  • Jegede, Tunde

  • Kay, Ulysses

     
  • Kerr, Thomas

  • Labi, Gyimah

  • Lake, Oliver

  • León, Tania

  • Logan, Wendell

  • Moncayo, Jose Pablo

  • Nash, Gary Powell

  • Nelson, Oliver

  • Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor

  • Russell, Oswald

  • Saint-Georges, Chevalier de

  • Singleton, Alvin

  • Smith, Hale

  • Şowándé, Olufęlá "Fęlá"

  • Still, William Grant

  • Uzoigwe, Joshua

  • Walker, George

  • White, Clarence Cameron

  • Wilson, Olly

CD releases
  
 
Pipedreams Premieres, Vol. 2 - organ
     Minnesota Public Radio  #1003
     Released: 2003
Şowándé, Olufęlá "Fęlá"
   
 -
Obangiji
Kerr, Thomas
     - Arietta
Out of the Depths 
     Citadel Records  #CTD 88143
     Released: November 2003
Dickerson, Roger
     - Essay for Band
Hailstork,
Adolphus
     - Spiritual
     - Out of the Depths
Kay, Ulysses
     - Solemn Prelude
Nash, Gary Powell
     - Fraternal Prelude
Nelson, Oliver
     - Fugue and Bossa
Smith, Hale
     - Take a Chance
White, Clarence Cameron
     - Triumphal March
Chevalier de Saint-Georges:  String Quartets 
     AFKA Records #557
     Released: November 2003
Saint-Georges, Chevalier de
     - Quartet No. 1 in B flat Major
     - Quartet No. 2 in G minor
     - Quartet No. 3 in C Major
     - Quartet No. 4 in F Major
     - Quartet No. 5 in G Major
     - Quartet No. 6 in B flat Major
Black Manhattan: Theater and Dance music of James Reese Europe, Will Marion Cook, and Members of the Legendary Clef Club
     New World Records #80611
     Released: November 2003

Cook, Will Marion
Europe,
James Reese

Recording of historical interest

Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent 
     MSR Classics 
     Released: October 2003
Abdel-Rahim, Gamal (Egypt)
     - Variations on an Egyptian Folksong
Bonds, Margaret (U.S.)
     - Troubled Water
Coleridge
-Taylor, Samuel (England)
     - Deep River
Dett
, Robert Nathaniel  (U.S.)
     - "In The Bottoms" Suite
Labi, Gyimah (Ghana)
     - Earthbeats Op. 22 from Six Dialects in African Pianism
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (U.S.)
     - Scherzo
Russell, Oswald (Jamaica)
     - Three Jamaican Dances
Uzoigwe
, Joshua (Nigeria)
     - Talking Drums
2003 Sphinx Symphony Concert: with Melissa White, violin
     Visionary Records # 105
     Released: October 2003
Still, William Grant
     - Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
Walker,
George
     - Lyric for Strings
Fernandez, Oscar Lorenzo
     - Batuque
Moncayo, Jose Pablo
     - Huapango
American Classic Fantastic
     Pro Organo #7187
     Released: August 2003
Still, William Grant
     - Elegy
Julius Hemphill: One Atmosphere 
     Tzadik #TZA 7090
     Released: August 2003
Hemphill, Julius
     - One Atmosphere (Piano quintet)
Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Sonata, etc. 
     Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion  #CDLX 7127
     Released: August 2003
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel 
     - Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 28
     - African Dances (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 58
     - Hiawathan Sketches (3) for Violin and Piano, Op. 16
     - Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77
Dallas Trumpets - Persichetti, Tomasi, Britten, Traux, et. al.
     Crystal #230
     Released: July 2003
Kay, Ulysses
     - Fanfares (3) for 4 Trumpets

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1 

     Naxos   # 8559187
     Released: May 2003

Price, Florence Beatrice
     - Songs to the Dark Virgin (voice, piano)

Music for Velvet (Velvet Brown, tuba)
     Crystal #693
     Released: May 2003
Brown, Velvet
     - Te Deum Dago Mi
Quartet Antares: Saint-Georges String Quartets
     Integral Records #INT 221125
     Released: May 2003

Saint-Georges, Chevalier de
     - String quartet in B flat Major G 067
     -
String quartet in g minor G 068
     - String quartet in C Major G 002
     - String quartet in D Major G 007

Other composer includes: Mozart

American Jazz Concertos/ Spring, Jackson, World Saxophone Quartet
     Summit Records #DCD 1019
     Released: May 2003

Lake, Oliver
     - Rahsaan and Stuff

Other composers include: Copland and Gershwin

The Golden Age of the American March / Goldman Bande
     New World Records  #80266
     Released: May 2003
Adams, Alton Augustus
     - Governor's Own
Historic Organs of Boston - Thirty-one Historic Pipe Organs    
     Raven Recordings  #OHS 20
     Released: April 2003
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
     - Elegy
Le Mozart Noir  (Music of Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges)
     CBC Records  #SMCD 5225
     Released: March 2003

Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de
     - L’amant anonyme – Ouverture
     - L’amant anonyme – Excerpts from ballet
     - Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 3, no. 1
     - Symphony in G Major, op. 11, no. 1

Other composers include: Leclair, Gossec
Note: Saint-Georges occupied a unique place in 18th-century France as a black man in aristocratic society. This recording is also the soundtrack to the documentary film, Le Mozart Noir, produced in Toronto.

Paul Freeman Introduces String Concertos
     Albany Records  #Troy 559
     Released: March 2003
Baker, David
     
- Concert Piece for Viola and Orchestra
     - Concerto for Cello
A City Called Heaven
     Aca Digital  #CM 20064
     Released: March 2003
Anderson, T.J.
     - Intermezzi
Davis, Anthony

     - Wayang II (Shadow Dance)

León, Tania
     - A la Par
Logan, Wendell
     - Moments
Singleton, Alvin
     - Between Sisters
Wilson, Olly
     - A City Called Heaven
The Opus 18 Project
     Challenge Records  #CC 72009
     Released: February 2003

Jegede, Tunde
    
- Quartet for Strings no. 2

 

Other composers include: Beethoven,

Cello Matters
     Centaur Records  #CRC 2589
     Released: February 2003

Baker, David
     - Singers of Songs / Weavers of Dreams

 

Other composers include: Pitombeira, Schnyder, Piazzolla

Spirit of the Trumpeter
     Albany Records  #Troy 552
     Released: February 2003

Hailstork, Adolphus
    
- Variations for Trumpet

 

Other composers include: Bozza, Copland, Artunian, et. al.

Natural Escapes
     Koch International Classics  # 7634
     Released: January 2003

Still, William Grant
    
- Three Visions; no 2, Summerland

Other composers include: Zwilich, Hovhaness, Takemitsu, et. al.

American Heritage Symphonic Series - Volume III (Paul Freeman, conductor)
     Cedille  # 066
     Released: January 2003
Abels, Michael
     - Global Warming
Baker, David
     - Cello Concerto
Banfield, William
     - Essay for Orchestra
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor
     -
Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2 for Strings
Frank Townsell Plays
     Townsell  # 2
     Released: 2003
White, Clarence Cameron
     - On the Bayou
     - Cabin Song

 

 
   
 
   
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