The 1961 release of Black Nativity, a gospel production performed on Broadway, alerted the theatrical set to the power and transcendence of religious music. The performance featured stirring vocals from gospel stars and text provided by noted poet
Langston Hughes. Although this disc is woefully short at 30 minutes, the vocals by
Marion Williams, Prof. Alex Bradford, and others are spectacular.
Hughes knew that the brilliance of these stars would make the biblical story even more meaningful, something underscored from the opening moments of "My Way's Cloudy" throughout the disc. ~ Ron Wynn