{"id":13882,"date":"2024-05-02T19:19:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=13882"},"modified":"2024-05-02T19:19:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:19:50","slug":"episode-260-robert-mcferrin-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/episode-260-robert-mcferrin-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 260. Robert McFerrin Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 260.  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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-1024x802.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-768x602.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin.png 1113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a companion to my Lawrence Winters episode last week, I present today his contemporary and fellow African American baritone, Robert McFerrin (19 March 1921 \u2013 24 November 2006). McFerrin was the first African American male to sing at the Metropolitan Opera, making his debut there as Amonasro in <em>Aida<\/em> on Thursday January 27, 1955, twenty days after Marian Anderson\u2019s legendary debut there. McFerrin sang only ten performances of three roles under the banner of the Met, eight of them in the house, and two on tour. His final performance there, also as Amonasro, took place almost exactly two years after his debut there. Five months later in June 1957, McFerrin went into the studios of Riverside Records, and, accompanied by the pianist Norman Johnson, and over the course of two days, recorded this legendary album of spirituals, his only solo album, which is heard in its entirety in this episode. I am not alone in considering this a classic of the genre. My presentation of all fourteen tracks of this album is supplemented by three recordings that McFerrin made in 1946 for the short-lived Sunbeam Records label, the brainchild of composer and arranger Marl Henderson Young, who provides the accompaniments. At the other end of the spectrum is a guest appearance that McFerrin, Sr. made on a 1990 recording by his son, superstar singer, composer, and arranger Bobby McFerrin. I also feature a recently unearthed live recording of McFerrin singing Amonasro live in Napoli in 1956, as well as a moving recording of McFerrin performing live in Washington DC in 1995, after having suffered a debilitating stroke that left him virtually unable to speak. Nevertheless, the song, however compromised, was still in his heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-Deep-River.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-Deep-River.png 867w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-Deep-River-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-Deep-River-768x779.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All recordings feature Robert McFerrin. Unless otherwise noted, all recordings of spirituals are from Robert McFerrin\u2019s 1957 Riverside Records release <em>Deep River and Other Negro Spirituals<\/em>, in which the baritone is accompanied by Norman Johnson and the arrangements are by Hall Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hall-Johnson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14447\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hall-Johnson.png 436w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hall-Johnson-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hall Johnson (1888 &#8211; 1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ev\u2019ry Time I Feel the Spirit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Marl-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Marl-Young.png 980w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Marl-Young-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Marl-Young-768x686.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marl Young (1917 &#8211; 2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arr. Avery Robinson: Water Boy. Marl Young [1946]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred Hay Malotte: The Lord\u2019s Prayer. Marl Young [1946]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-studio-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14449\" style=\"width:621px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-studio-portrait.jpg 281w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-studio-portrait-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fix Me, Jesus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His Name So Sweet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019m Gonna Tell God All o\u2019 My Troubles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swing Low, Sweet Chariot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A City Called Heaven<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ain\u2019t Got Time to Die<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-Van-Vechten.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14450\" style=\"width:614px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-Van-Vechten.png 254w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-Van-Vechten-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert McFerrin photographed by Carl Van Vechten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Marl Young: Fascinating Lady. McFerrin is here credited as \u201cBob McFerrin,\u201d and is accompanied by Marl Young\u2019s Orchestra [1946]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-as-Amonasro-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-as-Amonasro-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-as-Amonasro-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-as-Amonasro-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-as-Amonasro.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert McFerrin as Amonasro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate (<em>Aida<\/em>). Robert McFerrin, Anna Maria Rovere, Vincenzo Bellezza, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli [live Napoli 15.VII.1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/William-Grant-Still.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14452\" style=\"width:605px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/William-Grant-Still.png 292w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/William-Grant-Still-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Grant Still (1895 &#8211; 1978)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Harry-T-Burleigh.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Harry-T-Burleigh.png 682w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Harry-T-Burleigh-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harry T. 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Bobby McFerrin, Robert McFerrin, Voicestra [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"903\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Older-McFerrin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Older-McFerrin.png 615w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Older-McFerrin-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ev\u2019ry Time I Feel the Spirit. Robert McFerrin, here in a post-stroke performance, is accompanied by the iconic Sylvia Olden Lee [live Washington DC 09.IV.95]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sylvia Olden Lee (1917 &#8211; 2017)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-upward-glance-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-upward-glance-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-upward-glance-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-upward-glance-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-upward-glance.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ride On, King Jesus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-as-Rigoletto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-as-Rigoletto.jpg 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/McFerrin-as-Rigoletto-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert McFerrin as Rigoletto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 260. 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