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2006 Season
Thursday, February 23, 2006
National Arts Centre Fourth Stage
Synopsis
This concert of vocal music celebrating Black History, featured a unique collaboration with solo and vocal performances by
Marcus Nance (opera and Broadway bass-baritone) from Toronto, and Anna S. Williams (jazz vocalist) from Ottawa. Supported by the Committed Praise Gospel choir
and a great lineup of Ottawa and Montréal musicians, the show was a sold-out success and a tremendously fun time was had by all.
The concert programme notes are now available. Arguably worth the price of admission alone, this outstanding work was written entirely
by Pastor Deborah Ann Taylor. The original format for the programme notes was a 32-page 5.5' x 8.'5 booklet printed double-sided with
four booklet pages per letter page (two per side). A single-sided reproduction is available for downloading below
(requires Adobe Acrobat reader).
Many thanks to our sponsors for their support of this event:
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Download the programme notes 
Personnel
| Marcus Nance | | bass-baritone |
| Anna S. Williams | | jazz vocalist |
| Adrian Cho | | double bass |
| Chet Doxas | | tenor saxophone & flute |
| Holly Arsenault | | piano |
| Mark Rehder | | drums |
| Vince Halfhide | | guitar |
| Rick Rangno | | trumpet |
| Sandy Gordon | | alto saxophone |
| Moe Wozniak | | trombone |
| Committed Praise | | gospel choir |
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Production
Adrian Cho
Anna S. Williams | | programming, arrangements |
| Pastor Deborah Ann Taylor | | programming, programme notes |
Programme
A musical recounting of the journey of African American/Canadian people
| 1. | Fanga | | Traditional Liberian welcome |
| 2. | Afrika Mma | | Adwoa Badoe |
| 3. | The Journey | | Anna Williams |
| 4. | Lord, How Come Me Here | | Traditional Spiritual |
| 5. | Hoe Emma Hoe | | Traditional work song |
| 6. | Scandalize' My Name | | Traditional Spiritual |
| 7. | Deep River | | Traditional Spiritual |
| 8. | Follow the Drinking Gourd | | Traditional Spiritual |
| 9. | Wade in the Water | | Traditional Spiritual arranged by Adrian Cho and Anna S. Williams |
| 10. | We Look Like Men of War | | Battle hymn of the U.S. Civil War Colored Troops |
| 11. | Take This Hammer | | Ttraditional work song |
| 12. | Stand By Me | | Hymn by Charles A. Tindley |
| 13. | I Don't Feel No Ways Tired | | Gospel song by Curtis Burrell |
| 14. | Strange Fruit | | Abel Meeropol AKA Lewis Allan |
| 15. | Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round | | Spiritual sung during the civil rights movement |
| 16. | Work Song | | Nat Adderley, lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr. |
Intermission
African American/Canadian voices
| 1. | Feeling Good | | Tribute to Nina Simone |
| 2. | Come On In My Kitchen | | Tribute to Robert Johnson |
| 3. | The Blacker The Berry | | Original by Anna Williams, calypso and reggae |
| 4. | Bess You is My Woman | | Tribute to Porgy & Bess |
| 5. | Little Gray House | | Tribute to Lost in the Stars |
| 6. | Ol' Man River | | Tribute to Paul Robeson |
| 7. | (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue? | | Tribute to Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, and Louis Armstrong |
| 8. | Afro Blue | | Tribute to Mongo Santamaria and Oscar Brown Jr. |
| 9. | Something to Live For | | Tribute to Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington |
| 10. | September in the Rain | | Tribute to Johnny Hartman |
| 11. | Straighten Up and Fly Right | | Tributed to Nat King Cole |
| 12. | Sometimes I Dream | | Tribute to Joe Sealy's Africville Suite |
| 13. | Deep Down Inside | | Tribute to Joe Sealy's Africville Suite |
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