Description
DESCRIPTION
Apart from outdrawing contemporary blues and jazz artists for live appearances, Clara Ward and her Famous Ward Singers had no other peers in selling records. They kept an earthy sound, despite refined arrangements and accomplished musicianship. Soprano Marion Williams (later the celebrated leader of the super gospel group, the Stars of Faith) is the featured soloist on many of the songs on the CD. Gospel expert Anthony Heilbut has contributed with intriguing observations in the notes, written by Robert Sacr'. These 25 recordings span the years 1949-1958.
TracksCredits
1 When I Get Home
2 Day Is Past and Gone
3 Come Ye Disconsolate
4 My Jesus Is All and All
5 I'm Bound for Higher Ground
6 Prayer Changes Things
7 How Far Am I from Canaan
8 Tell the Angels
9 Glory, Glory Hallelujah
10 God's Amazing Love
11 I'm Climbing Higher and Higher
12 Farther on Up the Road
13 Oh Lord How Long
14 Climbing Jacob's Ladder
15 Great Is the Lord
16 When the Crown Him Lord of All
17 Nearer My God to Thee
18 Talk About Rain
19 Our God Is Real
20 Swing Low Sweet Chariot
21 I'll Be There
22 That Awful Day Will Surely Come
23 Good News
24 Anywhere in Glory
25 God Is God
