Grant & Wilson Vol 3 1931 - 1938

Black American Choirs 1926 - 1931
DOCD-5566 Negro Choirs 1926 – 1931 Genres; Gospel, Spirituals Informative booklet notes by Duck Baker. Detailed discography. This release affords a fascinating glimpse of various ways that African-Americans were approaching choral singing in the 1920’s. By the time of these recordings, the singing of the old spirituals had been a hotly contested topic for years. Many of the first generation of free-born blacks felt the old songs to be shameful relics of bondage. Another camp took their cue from Anton Dvorak’s famous pronouncement that any truly American art music would have to be based on the spirituals. This point of view was a driving force in the lives of many black Americans, from Fisk University figures like the Work family and Mr. and Mrs. James Myers to concert performers like Harry Burleigh to renaissance men like James Weldon Johnson. Continued...

Preachers & Congregations Vol 7 1925 - 1928

Leadbelly Vol 6 1947
DOCD-5568 Leadbelly 1939 – 1947 Volume 6; 1947 (Commercial recordings) Lead Belly, twelve-string guitar, concertina, piano Blues, ballads, work songs, spirituals. Informative booklet note by Ken Romaowski Detailed discography. It is indeed fortunate that an undiscovered session of Leadbelly's songs such as this has surfaced fifty years after it's recording. In a lot of ways 1947 was a crucial year for Lead Belly. After his disappointing attempts to break into the film industry, he returned to New York to re-enter the circle of politically active performers who rightly revered Lead Belly as something of an elder statesman. In New York he headlined some prestigious concerts, had a regular slot at the Village Vanguard and continued to record for Moe Asch. Two blocks of these recordings for Asch made in the summer of 1947 make up the bulk of this CD. Continued...

C & M A Gospel Singers / Quintet 1923 - 1926
Note: See also Document DOCD-5618 and 5639.

Bumble Bee Slim 1934 - 1937
Note: The remaining, complete, recordings of Bumble Bee Slim are on Document DOCD-5261, DOCD-5262,DOCD-5263, DOCD-5264, DOCD-5265, DOCD-5266, DOCD-52617 and DOCD-5268.

Josh White Vol 5 1944
Note: For earlier recordings by Josh White see Document DOCD-5154, 5195, 5196 and 5405.

Josh White Vol 6 1944 - 1945
Note: See also Document DOCD-1013 and 1018.

Classic Blues & Vaudeville Singers 1921 - 1930

Too Late Too Late Vol 8 c 1895 / 96 - 1942

Field Recordings Vol 1 Virginia 1936 - 1941

Field Recordings Vol 2 North & South Carloina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas 1926 - 1943