The Promised Land

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The South
Morgan Freeman0:14
2A Change Is Gonna Come
cover recording of:
A Change Is Gonna Come
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
Terence Trent D’Arby4:49
3Movin' On
Tramaine Hawkins3:45
4I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Dionne Farris3:51
5People Get Ready
Asanté3:53
6Ball of Confusion
Chuck D & Dapper Dan4:03
7Someday We'll All Be Free
Puff Johnson4:38
8The Promised Land
Terence Blanchard4:04
9Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.753:22
10Backwater Blues
recording of:
Backwater Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
Bessie Smith3:20
11Sweet Home Chicago
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-23)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
cover recording of:
Sweet Home Chicago (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd., Standing Ovation and Encore Music, The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management) and Horoscope Music (in 1982)
Robert Johnson43:02
12Black and Blue
recording of:
Black and Blue
lyricist:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Louis Armstrong3:02
13East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
alto saxophone:
Edgar Sampson (on 1926-11-29)
banjo:
Fred Guy (on 1926-11-29)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1926-11-29)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1926-11-29)
reeds:
Otto Hardwick (on 1926-11-26) and Prince Robinson (on 1926-11-29)
saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1926-11-29)
trombone:
Joe Nanton (on 1926-11-29)
trumpet:
Louis Metcalf (on 1926-11-29) and Bubber Miley (on 1926-11-29)
tuba [brass bass]:
Mack Shaw (on 1926-11-29)
recording of:
East St. Louis Toodle‐oo (on 1926-11-29)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:06
14Stampede in G Minor
Count Basie2:46
15God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday3:00
16I'm on My Way
recorded in:
Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tom Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recording of:
I'm on My Way
writer:
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson3:23
17Closing Theme
Terence Blanchard3:02
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Wikipedia:en: Promised Land (TV series) [info]
Wikidata:Q449857 [info]