from Oannes *

Ακούμε δυο αποσπάσματα από την εκτεταμένη σύνθεση του Duke Ellington “Black, Brown and Beige” του 1943. Θέμα του έργου, η παράλληλη με την “επίσημη”, ιστορία των μαύρων πληθυσμών στην Αμερική. Το “Come Sunday” ερμηνεύει η βασίλισσα των γκόσπελ, Mahalia Jackson.
Περισσότερα στο blog για τον Duke Ellington, από τους κορυφαίους του April born club, εδώ.

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We hear two excerpts from Duke Ellington’s extended composition “Black, Brown and Beige” of 1943.
The work deals with the, parallel to the “official”, history of black populations in America. “Come Sunday” is performed by the queen of gospel, Mahalia Jackson.
More on blog about Duke Ellington, one of the top members of the April born club, here.

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00:00 Part III (Light) 06:26 Part IV (Come Sunday)

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❝ Ooh
Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty,
God of love, please look down and see my people through.
I believe that God put sun and moon up in the sky.
I don’t mind the gray skies
’cause they’re just clouds passing by.
Heaven is a goodness time.
A brighter light on high.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
And have a brighter by and by.
Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty,
God of love, please look down and see my people through.
I believe God is now, was then and always will be.
With God’s blessing we can make it through eternity.
Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty,
God of love, please look down and see my people through.❞

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Enjoy!

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* For my friends who didn’t know, or first timers here, Oannes [aka Socratis Papahatzis] is my husband, partner in life and music and the one with my undying admiration. Together we have a band MK-O [the music of Marina Kanavaki & Oannes]. So, it’s my pleasure to share with you his [and sometimes mine] musical selections. • Do visit his site. He has my highest recommendation!