Lift Every Voice (Malachi Thompson album) explained

Lift Every Voice
Type:studio
Artist:Malachi Thompson
Cover:Lift Every Voice (Malachi Thompson album).jpg
Border:yes
Released:1993
Recorded:August 24 & 25, 1992
Studio:Riverside Studio, Chicago
Genre:Jazz
Length:61:13
Label:Delmark
DE-463
Producer:Robert G. Koester
Chronology:Malachi Thompson
Prev Title:The Jaz Life
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:New Standards
Next Year:1993

Lift Every Voice is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson recorded and released by the Delmark label in 1983.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Ron Wynn stated "Malachi Thompson merges hard bop, free, African rhythms, and gospel stylings on this release. ... Thompson deserves high praise not just for trying something different, but succeeding".

Track listing

All compositions by Malachi Thompson except where noted

  1. "Elephantine Island" – 3:44
  2. "Old Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 12:18
  3. "Tales of Ancient Kemet" – 7:49
  4. "Transition" (John Coltrane) – 6:23
  5. "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" (James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson) – 10:37
  6. "Nubian Call" – 5:40
  7. "The Trick of the Trip" – 4:13
  8. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional) – 10:29

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Delmark400.htm Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series
  2. https://delmark.com/product/463/ Delmark Records: album details
  3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Carter_Jefferson.htm Jazzlists: Carter Jefferson discography

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