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The Voice Of Langston Hughes (CD)

By: Langston Hughes (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Voice Of Langston Hughes (CD) Album By Langston Hughes (Artist)
1   Negro Speaks Of Rivers, The
2   I, Too
3   Weary Blues, The
4   Homesick Blues
5   Story Of The Blues, The
6   Night And Morn
7   Breath Of A Spiritual
8   Prayer
9   Prayer Meeting
10   Ma Lord
11   I'm Gonna Testify
12   Albert
13   Mother To Son
14   Dreams
15   Youth
16   Struggle, The
17   Rhythms Of The World
18   Simple - (intro)
19   Feet Live Their Own Life
20   Simple Prays A Prayer
21   As I Go
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (4/20/95, p.78) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[Langston Hughes'] slightly nasal voice maintains the deliberate simplicity that makes his poetry so elegant and accessible..."
Vibe (5/95, p.97) - "At a time when everybody's trying to be a poet, it's refreshing to hear the rhythmic words, colorful imagery, and political sentiment of a truly old-school literary genius....especially poignant in this era--one still plagued with racial injustice and lack of integrity..."
Living Blues (9-10/95, p.104) - "...A nicely assembled and annotated aural introduction to a prolific and important African-American writer."

Title Note

Personnel: Langston Hughes (spoken vocals).

The Porter Singers with Reverend Ernest Cook: Ernest Cook, Audrey Ryan, Ellen Courts, Florence Strachen (vocals), Yvonne Cumberbatch (guitar), Carl McWilliams (saxophone), Hugh E. Porter (piano), Hampton Carlton (organ), Benjamin Snowdon (tambourine).

Compilation producers: Dr. Faith Berry, Yusef Jones.

Includes liner notes by Langston Hughes, Dr. Faith Berry and Yusef Jones, as well as excerpts of Langston Hughes' poetry.

All lyrics written by Langston Hughes. All music written by Jobe Huntley.

Langston Hughes' greatest hits? Well, sort of. This compilation is derived from the six albums the poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance recorded for Moe Asche's Folkways label in the '50s and it features Hughes reading from poetry and prose he wrote at the beginning of his career (between 1925 and 1932), including excerpts from his children's book "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems," and the adult "Simple Speaks His Mind." On the tracks "The Story of the Blues" and "I Want to Testify," Hughes' readings are superimposed, respectively, over old blues and gospel records, which turns out to be an effective gambit, but most of the album is the undiluted man himself.

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