Baritone James Martin (acclaimed by The New York Times for “fine artistry and seriousness” and “a big, beautiful, easy-rolling voice”) and pianist Michael Boriskin (hailed by American Record Guide as “one of the most skilled and versatile performers of his generation”) offer the perfect holiday stocking-stuffer, celebrating the joys of life, singing, and song. Traveling across 125 years of exhilarating song, their playlist features beloved favorites and dazzling rarities and surprises by the pioneers of Ragtime (Scott Joplin), Blues (W. C. Handy), spirituals (Harry T. Burleigh), and theater (Will Marion Cook), as well as the remarkable, delectable work of three succeeding generations of African-American musical lions, including Hall Johnson, Florence Price, Roland Hayes, William Grant Still, Howard Swanson, Hale Smith, and Margaret Bonds. Their music tells of the human experience, and sings with religious fervor and deep personal sentiment about faith, joy, tragedy, oppression, and liberation. It elevates the mundane and helps us comprehend the lofty.
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