Clarence Williams + His Swing Band 1937: Get on Board, Li'l Chillun

Circle CCD-907

Clarence Williams + His Swing Band 1937
Get on Board, Li'l Chillun

Pianist-songwriter Clarence Williams was one of the true pioneers of jazz. He was one of the first black music publishers and he was involved in the "race" record industry virtually from its beginning. During his lifetime he was praised as a visionary and denounced as a horse thief with equal regularity, but he continued to move through the music industry for over thirty years until he was finally forced into inactivity by declining health....

Personnel

Clarence Williams piano + vocals, Ed Allen trumpet, Buster Bailey clarinet, Russell Procope alto saxophone, Cecil Scott tenor saxophone, Richard Fulbright bass + vocals, Cosy Cole drums + washboard, Bill Cooley vocals.

Selections

1 Get on Board, Li'l Chillun
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Clarence Williams, Bill Cooley, Richard Fulbright and the Congregation (including Eva Taylor)
2 There is Love
- (Lee M. Roberts - J. Will Callahan, revised lyric Alvin Williams) Originally titled "Smiles" by Roberts and Callahan, from revue: "The Passing Show of 1918"
- Vocal, Bill Cooley; Comments, Clarence Williams
3 Ev'rytime I Feel the Spirit
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Bill Cooley; Comments, Clarence Williams
4 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Bill Cooley; Comments, Clarence Williams
5 Old Time Religion
- Hymn, public domain
- Vocal, Bill Cooley, Clarence Williams and Congregation
6 The Lazy Swing
- Alvin Williams, 1937
- Instrumental
7 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Bill Cooley, Clarence Williams
8 It's Me, O Lord, Standin' in the Need of Prayer
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Bill Cooley and Clarence Williams or Richard Fulbright
9 Roll, Jordan, Roll
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Bill Cooley
10 Step on It
- Alvin Williams, 1937
- Comments by Clarence Williams
11 Heaven, Heaven
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Bill Cooley, Richard Fulbright and Clarence Williams
12 Go Down, Moses
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Bill Cooley
13 The Lord Delivered Daniel
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Clarence Williams and Bill Cooley
14 Sweet Kisses
- Alvin Williams, 1937
- Comments from Clarence Williams and the Congregation
15 Do You Call That Religion?
- Spiritual, public domain
- Vocal, Clarence Williams, Bill Cooley and the Congregation (including Eva Taylor)

Year Released: 2001
Production Coordinator Wendell Echols
Cover photograph by Frank Driggs
Text by Paige van Vorst
Recorded by Cy Langlioi for Lang-Worth Feature Programs, Inc. in New York City on April 29, 1937 and October 27, 1937
Executive Producer: George H. Buck, Jr.

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