Swing Along: The Music of Will Marion Cook

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Release Date: 1st Jan 2000
Catalogue No: TROY839/40
Label: Albany
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

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Cook, W: Pensacola Mooch

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Love is The Tend'rest of Themes

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Jump Back

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: My Lady's Lips

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Cook, W: Wid De Moon, Moon, Moon

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Bon Bon Buddy

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Cook, W: Returned

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Down in Lover's Lane

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Red Red Rose

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Swing Along

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: An Exhortation

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Rain Song

Work length4:10

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Cook, W: Troubled in Mind

Work length5:20

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: An Explanation

Work length3:08

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Little Gypsy Maid

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Cook, W: My Lady

Work length6:22

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Springtime

Work length2:33

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Who Dat Say Chicken in Dis Crowd

Work length3:40

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: Dreamin' Time

Work length3:29

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Cook, W: There's A Place in the Old Vacant Chair

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Cook, W: Darktown Barbecue

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Cook, W: Slumber Song

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Cook, W: Little Bit of Heaven

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Cook, W: Mammy

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Cook, W: As the Sunflower Turns to the Sun

Work length4:17

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William Brown, William Brown, Tenor (soloist)

Cook, W: On Emancipation Day

Work length4:17

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Will Marion Cook was one of the earliest African-American composers to achieve significant commercial success in musical theater. However, even though his talents were admired at the turn of the twentieth century, he and his work have since been largely forgotten. With the interest in African-American culture sparked by the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and revived interest in all American music during the Bicentennial celebrations of the 1970s, Cook has been rediscovered by such music historians as Thomas L. Riis and Marva Griffin Carter, as well as by such performers as the Black Music Repertory Ensemble of the Center for Black Music Research and, of course, tenor William Brown, who had previously recorded some of Cook's songs on the album Fi-yer! (TROY329). Having studied with Joseph Joachim in Berlin and Antonin Dvorak in New York City, Cook was respected for his pioneering achievements in popular songwriting, Black musical comedies and syncopated orchestral music. His career as a songwriter spanned some 40 years from 1893 to 1934. Cook's memoirs reveal that he believed his ultimate challenge was to right social injustice while at the same time creating beautiful music. Renowned tenor William Brown's repertoire encompassed practically all musical genres. He was a particularly avid performer of American music from all ages and had appeared with major orchestras and ensembles all over the world. Sadly, Mr. Brown died shortly after this recording was made. This CD is a tribute to the memories of both Cook and Brown.

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