Ella Jenkins - A Long Time (1992) [Hi-Res]

At the start of the 1970s, Ella Jenkins released A Long Time, an album made for all ages but geared toward adult listeners. In the album, she adapts long-established, historically significant Black gospel songs, spirituals, and blues songs collected from the churches, jukeboxes, and record stores of her youth. Songs including "I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles" and "How High's the Water" reflect her active role in the ongoing struggle for Black liberation in mid-century America. Joining Ella are her accompanists Brother John Sellers, who learned to sing in churches and collaborated with Northern blues legends, and Joseph Brewer, who enjoyed a career participating in world-famous symphonies and operas, representing the changing makeup of traditionally exclusionary musical spaces.

Tracklist:
1-1. Ella Jenkins - The Wilderness (03:19)
1-2. Ella Jenkins - I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles (03:22)
1-3. Ella Jenkins - Heaven (02:29)
1-4. Ella Jenkins - When the Roll Is Called up Yonder (02:50)
1-5. Ella Jenkins - Tol' My Captain (02:50)
1-6. Ella Jenkins - I'm Gonna Ride This Train (03:56)
1-7. Ella Jenkins - Jimbo (02:11)
1-8. Ella Jenkins - Another Man Done Gone (01:56)
1-9. Ella Jenkins - Soft Pedal Blues (03:14)
1-10. Ella Jenkins - Po' Man's Blues (03:00)
1-11. Ella Jenkins - A Friendly Loan (02:36)
1-12. Ella Jenkins - How High's the Water (01:23)
1-13. Ella Jenkins - An Old Lady and Her Horse (02:59)
1-14. Ella Jenkins - If You Ever Get Down (02:56)
1-15. Ella Jenkins - Freedom's Coming Mighty Soon (02:43)
1-16. Ella Jenkins - A Long Time (03:23)