Track Listing
01. Sunset text by Odessa P. Elder
02. Because text by Paul Laurence Dunbar
03. Dawn’s Awakening text by James Joseph Burke
04. Beside the Sea text by Paul Laurence Dunbar
(05-07) Octet for Brasses and Piano (edition by Schirmer with consultation from Katiebeth Brandt)
1 Tempo Moderato
2 Andante Cantabile
3 Tempo Moderato

08. The Poet and His Song text by Paul Laurence Dunbar
09. Sympathy text by Paul Laurence Dunbar
10. The Washerwoman text by Otto Leland Bohanen
11. Feet o’ Jesus text by Langston Hughes
12. Adoration* (arr. for Brass by Michael Hawes)
13. God Gives Me You text by Nora Connelly
14. I Grew a Rose text by Paul Laurence Dunbar
15. Love in a Mist text by Mary Rolofson Gamble
16. To My Little Son text by Julia Johnson Davis
17. Sympathy (Trumpet) text by Paul Laurence Dunbar
18. My Neighbor text by Paul Laurence Dunbar
19. Bewilderment text by Langston Hughes
20. Words for a Spiritual text from the Chicago Tribune, August 20, 1948
21. We Have Tomorrow text by Langston Hughes
22. What’s the Use text by text by Paul Laurence Dunbar