Songs, Rhythms & Chants for the Dance (CD)

by Ella Jenkins

Ella Jenkins is joined by other vocalists and musicians to sing and play spirituals, chants, blues, folk songs, and instrumentals. Their cadenced rhythms and measured vocals inspire free-form movement, dance, and sing-alongs. The second part of the recording features excerpts from interviews in which dance professionals and students share their philosophies about dance as art, as therapy, and as a business. Discipline, hard work, and dedication are the main themes in these interviews.

Includes:

A New Day's Coming Soon

I Don't Care Where You Bury My Body

Plenty Good Room

Brother John Sellers

A Bad Man from the Badlands

Angry Words

I Heard Him Cry This Morning

Please Hurry Home

That's the Way Things Are

What's the Matter with the Team?

A Vivo A Vavo

Hey Moo Ma Moo Ma Moo Ma Hey

I Climbed a Mountain

Africa Llamando (Africa Calling)

Yemayah, God of the Sea

This Is an Afro Mood

Yemayah, God of the Sea (instrumental)

This Is an Afro Mood (instrumental)

Let Yourself Go

A Long Time (instrumental)

Wading in the Water

Interview: Ann Barzel, dance reviewer

Interview: Jimmy Payne, choreographer, specialist in Afro-Cuban dance

Interview: Lenore Lutheran, dance student

Interview: Gina Martin, dance teacher of the blind

Interview: Genieve Fox, dance therapist

Interview: Dudley Williams, principal dancer

Interview: Ann Lehnoff, dance teacher of children

Interview: Ruth Page, choreographer and director of the Chicago Ballet

Interview: Lorenzo Young, dance company manager