Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions. Volumes I-IV: I. African American Spirituals: The Concert Tradition, II. African American Congregational Singing; Nineteenth-Century Roots, III. African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers, IV. African American Community Gospel. Recordings made in collaboration with National Public Radio. Annotations by Bernice Johnson Reagon, Lisa Pertillar, and Pearl Williams-Jones. Smithsonian Folkways SF CD-40076. 4 CDs with 4 booklets of notes (99 pages total) and photographs. Bibliography and discography. 67 tracks recorded in the field, at live performances, from radio broadcasts, and in the studio. CD I: 19 tracks of concert spirituals; CD II: 17 tracks of congregational singing; CD III: 16 tracks of gospel standards; CD IV: 15 tracks of community gospel. 1994.