Featuring Joya Sherrill, Lil Greenwood, Jimmy McPhail, Jimmy Grissom, Bunny Briggs, vocalists ; Irving Bunton Singers ; with orchestra ; Jimmy Jones, conductor
Conceived, written and staged by Ellington as his contribution to the Century of Negro Progress Exhibition at McCormick Place, Chicago, Aug. 16, 1963.
Program notes by Stanley Crouch on container.
Ain't but the one ; Will you be there? ; 99 percent -- Come Sunday ; David danced -- My mother, my father -- Montage (instrumental) -- My people (narrated by Duke Ellington) ; The blues ain't -- Workin' blues ; My man sends me ; Jail blues ; Lovin' lover -- King fit the Battle of Alabam' -- What color is virtue?