Sweet Willie Singleton | Praise From The Woodshed | 15 Afro-American Spirituals On Trumpet

Although Sweet Willie Singleton is best known for his exemplary lead trumpet work throughout his 55 year career, see:
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and
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Sweet Willie is also a very capable jazz as well as classical trumpet soloist, and jazz vocalist as well.
Entitled, "Praise From The Woodshed" | A Dedication To Lives Lost Due To Covid-19 - Sweet Willie performs 15 traditional Afro-American spirituals on trumpet and fluegelhorn.
On this recording, Sweet Willie utilizes a Schilke X4 model trumpet paired with a Bach 3 1/2 C mouthpiece with a D cup. The late, great Dave Hay from Grand Rapids, Michigan provided
the marvelous piano accompaniment. Remarkably, all 15 tracks of this recording were performed 'straight through' on one take.
When Sweet Willie was a little boy growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, all of these wonderful Afro-American spirituals were sung to Sweet Willie by his Grandmother on a regular basis.
00:05 01 The Lords Prayer
02:53 02 Wade In The Water Children
05:20 03 Lift Every Voice & Sing
07:55 04 Just A Little While To Stay Here
10:41 05 How Great Thou Art
12:55 06 The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
15:12 07 How Long Has It Been (Sweet Willie on fluegelhorn)
19:25 08 Just A Closer Walk Thee
22:41 09 Come Sunday (Sweet Willie on fluegelhorn)
25:57 10 What A Friend We Have In Jesus
28:17 11 Precious Lord
30:47 12 His Eye Is On The Sparrow
34:25 13 Amazing Grace
37:55 14 The Saints & Down By The Riverside
40:41 15 What A Wonderful World (Sweet Willie on both trumpet and vocal)
Sweet Willie Singleton - Trumpet, Fluegelhorn, & Vocals
Dave Hay - Piano
Recording Date: Circa 2010
Recording Location: Sweet Willie's 'Just For KiX' home studio
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