“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”–Tuskegee Institute Singers, 1914

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• Recording Title

  Swing low, sweet chariot

• Other Title(s)

  • Primitive Negro chant (Title descriptor)

• Vocal group

  Tuskegee Institute Singers

• Baritone vocal

  William P. Smith

• Bass vocal

  Alfred Taylor , William Wiley

• Tenor vocal

  Leroy Brown , Charles Edward Clayton , Alvin J. Neely , William J. Williams

• Genre(s)

  Religious

• Marketing Genre(s)

  Educational

• Category

  Vocal

• Description

  Male vocal double quartet, unaccompanied

• Language

  English

• Label Name/Number

  Victor 17890

• Matrix Number/Take Number

  B-16512/3

• Recording Date

  1916-02-14

• Place of Recording

  Camden, New Jersey

• Size

  10″

• Duration

  03:12

• Notes

  For takes 3-5, the singers are listed as a quintet in Victor ledgers. Disc label shows double quartet.
  Dixon/Godrich/Rye notes the 9/20/1915 session as taking place in New York City. Victor ledgers do not list a specific location.

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