OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR: Great Day - A Cappella Negro Spirituals

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir

Great Day - A Cappella Negro Spirituals

© 2003 Oaklandl Interfaith Gospel Choir (685605000527)

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With this a cappella album, the multiracial, having previously recorded on Grammy-winning albums by Tramaine Hawkins, Linda Ronstadt and MC Hammer, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir pays tribute to the foundation of gospel music.

tracks

1 Great Day
2 Wade in de Water
3 I Stood on the River of Jordan
4 Hold On
5 Lawd, How Come Me Heah?
6 Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
7 No Trouble at the River
8 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
9 I've Been 'Buked
10 My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
11 Over My Head
12 Do Lord
13 All Good Things Will be Added unto You
14 Deep River
15 Ride Up in the Chariot
16 Go Down, Moses
17 Good Night

notes

The Gospel Academy Award-winning Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, under the direction of Terrance Kelly, is a multiracial, interfaith group of 55 vocalists united in their love of gospel music with its message of hope, joy, unity and justice.

The choir is a frequent guest in churches throughout Northern California, and is a popular headliner at events benefiting community organizations. Their concerts have supported services for domestic violence, Alzheimer's Disease, children's, homeless , and AIDS agencies; health care for crack-addicted mothers and children; earthquake relief, scholarships, housing, and other areas of pressing human need. The Choir's prison outreach includes San Quentin Prison and city/county jails.

Performances: Their exquisite vocal harmonies and stirring gospel repertoire have led to performances with gospel recording stars Tramaine Hawkins, Take 6, The Clark Sisters,
Edwin and Walter Hawkins, Timothy Wright, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Clarence Fountain and The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, and with jazz and pop recording artists Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Pharoah Sanders, Stan Getz, John Denver, Marlena Shaw and Jeffrey Osborne. The choir performed Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music with the Duke Ellington orchestra to rave reviews. Memorable performances also occurred at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Monterey, Russian River and San Francisco Jazz Festivals, Oakland's Festival at the Lake, the Oakland Coliseum Concert for Nelson Mandela and the 1994 Grace Cathedral sermon by South Africa's Bishop Tutu. The Choir headlined the 40th Annual Atlanta Arts Festival, has played to full houses in Canada, and sang at the State of the World Forum, performing for Mikhail Gorbachev and many other global peace workers. In 1997, the choir travelled to Australia to perform at the International Music Festival. In 1998. They went to Portland, Oregon to perform at the opening festivities of the World Games. The Choir toured Israel in 2000.

Awards:2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 brought the choir Gospel Academy Awards for "Best Community Choir of the Year", repeating their 1997 win, when Terrance Kelly also won for "Outstanding Director of the Year". The choir received the 1998 Arts Organization of the Year Award from the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. at the 1997 Bay Area Gospel Academy Awards. In July, 1997 the choir received a Gold Award for promotion of cultural understanding through music at the International Music Festival in Sydney, Australia. Terrance Kelly received an Emmy in 1995 for his choral arrangement of the Choir's KGO-TV public service announcement. In 1989 and 1990, the choir received awards for "Best Performance of the Evening" at the Gospel Academy Awards. The Choir has also received awards and recognition from city, state and federal agencies, the J.C.Penney Awards Program and the Clorox Foundation Community Commitment Awards Program.

Recordings: Great Day - A Cappella Negro Spirituals was released in February, 2003. Rejoice! Christmas With The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, was released in November,1999 to critical acclaim, and set sales records for indpendent Christmas releases. The Choir's popular first album is entitled The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir-Live! A second album, entitled We've Come a Mighty Long Way, released in December, 1995 has proved to be equally popular. The Choir also has performed on three Grammy Award-winning albums: Linda Ronstadt's Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, Hammer's Too Legit To Quit, and Tramaine Hawkin's Tramaine-Live. The choir has also recorded with the renowned Kronos Quartet.

Television and Film: Television and Film: The choir has been profiled on CBS-TV's Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, and was featured on KGO-TV's 1994 Holiday Season Special and Profiles in Excellence. Other credits include KPIX-TV's Sunday by the Bay and After Dark, KRON TV's For People Who Care Awards and Christmas holiday shows, the Black Film Makers Hall of Fame, and KTVU-TV's Mornings on Two. The choir is the subject of Skip Brown's award-winning documentary film, This is Our Story, This is Our Song , which has been broadcast on KGO-TV and KQED-TV. They also performed on the soundtrack of an Emmy Award-winning children's video, The Nutty Nutcracker, which was released on video and broadcast in late 1999. In 2000, the Choir's performance at the California Music Awards with rising R&B; star, Ledisi, was broadcast on TV.

Musical Background: The choir's director, Terrance Kelly, has extensive musical credentials in both gospel and jazz music. His operatic range and joyous emotional feel for the music make him a popular soloist as well as an accomplished director, composer and arranger. His credits include choral arrangements on albums by Linda Ronstadt and the Kronos Quartet, and gospel arrangements of popular music for TV and video soundtracks. In addition, he wrote and arranged most of the music for all of the choir's albums. The choir's accompanists include keyboardists Ben Heveroh, and Tina Bryant; David Belove on bass, and Darian Gray on drums. 1/03

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  • good stuff
    author: Julie Stemmler

    Great a cappella group vocals, great song choices, great direction, great arrangements. Only downfall is that the soloists are a little weak, and a couple of the soprano solos are downright piercing. But the track "Trouble at the River" is worth the price of the CD alone.

  • Good tone, diction, and dynamics
    author: Bill

    Good sound! Excellent job with tone, diction, and dynamics. Soloists were not impressive.

  • author: Milton Lewis

    Overall, Great Day is a Very Good album. I think Lawd, "How Come Me Heah?" is the best spirituals I have ever heard, that expresses the black experience during the time of slavery. My complements to soloist Sharon Henderson. You GO Girl!! Great job choir on "No Trouble at the River" and "Good Night". I have one criticism, "I've Been Buked" is a little too sing-songy. It to me does not have enough expression.

  • excellent renditions of classic spirituals - crisp, precise and in tune!
    author: Ann

    The singers of Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir have given us a fine collection of spirituals sung with energy, precision and great musicality. I will enjoy listening to this CD frequently, and I will recommend it to others.

  • Absoulutly the best acapella choir in the world. This CD is great and is in my
    author: Gretchen Heffler

    A must have CD for all those who love great choirs and super soloists. It is so great I keep it in my car (to sing along with).

  • I enjoyed this CD
    author: Denise Christian

    I really enjoyed listening to this CD. I like the old negro spritual songs. Keep up the good work.

  • author: Loretta Dowell

    Thank you Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir for keeping the Negro Spiriuals alive. This music will send chills down your spine and bring tears to your eyes. HALLELUJAH!!!

  • Feel Good Music!!!!
    author: Jill & Jennifer

    This is a great day! Thank-you for recording another wonderful album! It will be staying in my CD player for a long while! Beautiful Job!!!

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