Sing the Blues - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title | Sing the Blues - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
Composer(s): | T. J. (Thomas Jefferson) Anderson Jr. |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Harryette Mullen |
Author Underrepresented Group | African-American; Woman; POC; Black (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Asking; Bad; Blues; Everything; Fast; Feeling; Forgiveness; Good; Grooves; Heads; Jazz; Markets; Music; Mustang; Noises; Old; Records; Ruin; Saving; Singing; Slowing; Sounds; Swinging; Tearing; Time; Tuning; Updating; Verses; Voices; Words |
First Line | go ahead and sing the blues (Search) |
Year of composition | 1994 (Search) Circa |
Larger Work | 7 Cabaret Songs (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 7 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/Low voice |
Range: | F3 - F5 (Search) |
Dedicated To | William Grant Still (Search) |
Premiered By | Nnenna Freelon (Search) |
Commissioned By | Mallarme Chamber Players for Nnenna Freelon with assistance by the North Carolina Arts Council (Search) |
Notes | Premiered September 16, 1995; Nnenna Freelon and the Mallarme Chamber Players; Wright State University, Dayton, OH (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | N.Y.: American Composers' Edition, Inc. (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Jazz vocalist, flute, viola, cello, and piano (Search) |
Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |