[Announcer] Live from the Harris: Adrian Dunn's "Emancipation" is made possible in part through support from JAQ Corp International, a multi-disciplinary architecture firm, using the art of jazz to shape the very nature of space.
[music] When I started in classical music, I was told that a lot of things about my Blackness needed to be checked at the door.
And for me, Emancipation was me going back and getting all of those things that I had to leave behind when I was younger.
It's about fighting for what really matters the most.
As Dr. King said, we die the day that we stop caring about the things that matter to us the most, right?
♪ Jericho, Jericho ♪ ♪ Jericho, Jericho ♪ ♪ Jericho, Jericho ♪ ♪ Jericho, Jericho ♪ ♪ Je-ri-cho ♪ The walls came down I feel like our declaration, our statement, the proclamation of being able to see this entirely Black cast of musicians and singers on this stage is justice.
That for me, is what is important and what is necessary in the 21st century in the arts, particularly in a city like Chicago, that has birthed gospel music, that has birthed so much of jazz and blues, and has such a unique positioning in the story of Black music in America.
♪ Jericho, the walls came down ♪ ♪ Jericho, the walls came down ♪ Adrian: We're not up here performing for you.
We are here telling a story.
And that the story we are telling, we need you to get at all costs.
♪ Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came down, The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came down, The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came ♪ ♪ Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came down, The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came down, The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came ♪ ♪ Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came down, Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came down, The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came ♪ ♪ Jericho, The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came, Jericho, the walls came ♪ ♪ Jericho, the walls came down, Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came down The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came down, Jericho, the walls came down ♪ ♪ The walls came... Jericho the walls came... ♪ ♪ Down ♪ This is the fight I'm in every day of my life.
The personal nature of the personal fight that happens in Jericho is again, this big metaphor, right?
And what it is to feel trapped and what it is to then be empowered on a daily basis to stand up and fight for the things that matter to you the most.
♪ At Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came down ♪ ♪ At Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ At Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came down ♪ ♪ At Jericho ♪ ♪ The walls came ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ The walls in your life ♪ ♪ They're coming down ♪ ♪ The walls in your life ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ The walls in your life ♪ ♪ They're coming down ♪ ♪ The walls in your life ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ They must come ♪ ♪ Down ♪ If I didn't define myself for myself.
I'm fighting for my life.
I have to start there.
Like, to really frame this thing that this is the fight I'm in every day of my life.
♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight, Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Fight fight ♪ ♪ Jericho the walls came down ♪ ♪ Jericho the walls came down ♪ That fight for those of us who are on this side living, that we're talking about in "Jericho," is definitely represented when we talk about "Glory."
and we're talking about Black artists that have passed, and the circumstances that surround them, their passings.
♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ Adrian: And in the context of "Glory," you know, making that dedication to Prince and Whitney Houston and thinking about so many Black artists that were not able to in their lifetime I think, and particularly after they died, to receive the glory that I think many of them deserved.
♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory, ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Glory, Hey ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory, Glory, Glory ♪ ♪ Glory, Glory, Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory, Glory, Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Glory, Glory ♪ ♪ Glory, Glory, Glory, Glory ♪ ♪ Glory, Glory, ♪ ♪ Glory, Glory, Glory ♪ ♪ Glory, Glory, Glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ [applause] [hip hop beat] ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ -♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ -[drum beat drop] -[full music] - ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ I'm gonna take it ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ I'm gonna take it ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Here receive glory ♪ ♪ Here take the glory ♪ ♪ Glory Glory Glory Glory up ♪ [applause] You got "Jericho," that's saying you got to fight and these are the things that are happening, and then you're moved to this piece about glory and thinking about what has happened almost retrospectively.
And then coming then to "Zeke," that's saying like, whether or not you feel like you deserve to dream or not, whether the society has given you these messages that the dreams don't belong to you, guess what.
It does.
Building or following that evolution, or standing on the shoulders of William Dawson, in his composition of "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel," which of course is biblically based, but what I'm attempting to do is to harken back to like a field holler.
I'm attempting to harken back with ♪ The way in the middle ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way in the middle ♪ It's like a work song.
♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Zeke saw the wheel ♪ ♪ Way up in the middle of the air ♪ ♪ Oh, Zeke saw the wheel ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the air ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ Adrian: The first thing that enslaved Black folks in America experience coming into Jamestown, etc., was that drums were taken away.
All of that was taken away.
So, everything that really comes out of that history is vocal.
It's vocal music.
I think I'm dreamin' and I, I think I'm dreamin' and I, I think I'm dreamin' and I, I think I'm dreamin' and I, I think I'm dreamin' and I, I think I'm dreamin' and I, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, I'm seeing things in the, Adrian: So, when it says, "I think I'm dreaming and I, I think I'm dreaming," I think I'm dreaming.
I'm not saying I'm dreaming.
I think I'm dreaming.
And then the next line is, "I'm seeing things," right, and I can't stop from seeing them because they show up everywhere I go.
I think about that low chorus as being my ancestors.
"I've been here before."
"I know your name."
"I know your voice."
"I know the struggle."
"You're not alone."
♪ Zeke saw the wheel ♪ ♪ Way up in the middle of the air, oh ♪ ♪ Zeke saw the wheel ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the air ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way up ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way up ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way up ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way up ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way up ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way up ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way up ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the, Way up ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ [increasing tempo throughout] - ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ Way in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the ♪ ♪ It's in the middle of the air ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ [applause] For a lot of folks who aren't, I'm not going to say are not Black, but who didn't grow up in the experience of this music, see this as Christian music.
They see it as, like, we are, like, 'preaching the gospel.'
And that's not really what this is for me.
This is the preservation of Black music in America and our way of life in this country.
♪ Oooooh, My soul's been ♪ ♪ Oooooh, Anchored in ♪ ♪ Oooooh, In the Lord ♪ ♪ My soul has been anchored in the ♪ ♪ The Lord ♪ ♪ My soul matters ♪ ♪ My pigment matters ♪ ♪ Oh, my soul's been anchored in the Lord ♪ ♪ Oh, my soul's been anchored in the Lord ♪ ♪ In the Lord ♪ [applause] That is what "My Soul" is, it is art music.
It is no different than any other culture globally, or when we think about the European art music leaders, Ravel, Stravinsky, go down the line, right?
And I guess I need to say that "My Soul" is really about the bigger piece of what it is for your soul to be anchored in something bigger than you.
♪ Soul's been anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored ♪ ♪ Anchored in the Lord ♪ ♪ Soul's been ♪ ♪ Anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ Soul's been ♪ ♪ Anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ Soul's been ♪ ♪ Anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ Soul's been ♪ ♪ Anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ Soul's been, Soul's been ♪ ♪ Anchored in, Anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored, Anchored ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ Soul's been, Soul's been ♪ ♪ Anchored in, Anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored, Anchored ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ Soul's been, Soul's been ♪ ♪ Anchored in, Anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored, Anchored ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ Soul's been, Soul's been ♪ ♪ Anchored in, Anchored in ♪ ♪ Anchored, Anchored ♪ ♪ My soul's been anchored ♪ ♪ My soul my soul ♪ ♪ My soul's been anchored ♪ ♪ My soul my soul ♪ ♪ My soul's been anchored ♪ ♪ My soul my soul ♪ ♪ My soul's been anchored ♪ ♪ My soul my soul ♪ ♪ My soul's been anchored ♪ ♪ My soul my soul ♪ ♪ Anchored, Anchored ♪ ♪ Anchored ♪ ♪ In the... ♪ ♪ Lord ♪ ♪ In the Lord ♪ [applause] There's so many connections to those simple choruses that everybody can sing.
You know, and that freedom belongs to me and it also belongs to all of us if we were reminded of it, because we all need to be reminded sometimes.
♪ Black is my business ♪ ♪ Black is my skinness ♪ ♪ Black is the back of the bus ♪ ♪ And I promise you Black is not finished ♪ ♪ Black is my brilliance ♪ ♪ Black is the ending ♪ ♪ We gon' have freedom forever ♪ ♪ I put that on Black as my witness ♪ ♪ Black is essential ♪ ♪ So free are my kinfolk ♪ ♪ Freedom like this close ♪ ♪ We need it back 10-fold ♪ ♪ Black is essential ♪ ♪ So free are my kinfolk ♪ ♪ Freedom like this close ♪ ♪ Freedom like this close ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom so I can breathe ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Sing it ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom ♪ ♪ Freedom so I can breathe ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom so I can breathe ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom so I can breathe ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom over me ♪ ♪ Freedom so I can breathe ♪ [deep inhale] [applause] [men only singing] ♪ Ah, Ah, Ah ♪ [men only singing] ♪ Ah, Ah, Ah ♪ ♪ Ahhhh ♪ Adrian: Well, I've been collaborating with Ken Like Barbie for a while, and he is a brilliant orator and Black HIV activist.
What's so beautiful I think about Ken's words in this piece, is I wanted to be able to tell the story about being a kid and being young and queer and considering suicide.
Considering that my life wasn't enough, that I wasn't enough.
The Black boy prayer for me needed to be a message to my younger self.
♪ Ooooh ♪ [spoken word over singers] Love commands us to be careful To be careful of unclean hands That when we clap our hands to pray We pray to a God that listens to us That hears us, head bowed or knee bent Breathless Without the words Unable to breathe It holds us to the integrity of the hands that are used And to whose god those hands are prayed to Because not all hands are clean enough to pray for you And not all gods are godly enough to acknowledge enough The ambition required to hear you That you are worth your life without limits That you are deserving the bounty of your dreams, I pray I pray you learn the girth of your magic And control the wind with its weight I pray the sun you see, the stars you see Your soul it shines like them, I pray I pray your heart romantic for the fires you'd like to set And in all the rooms your heart to sooth I pray you set fire again I pray... That your dreams preferred are anchored Beside the hands that pray for you For the oil of your dreams Black Boy is not cheap The intentions of the hands that pray with you Must be clean Adrian: And when his piece is over, the way that those voices interlock, in unison and together, for me, signals the strength of what it is to hear a group of Black men sing together, which is something that I don't ever hear.
I could probably count on one hand the amount of times that I've heard a choir of Black men sing that way, in seven parts, you know, oohs and ahhs, from their hearts and from their souls.
♪ Alleluia ♪ ♪ Alleluia ♪ ♪ Alleluia ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ What it is to be a Black man is a gift.
It's a blessing.
It's not a curse.
You're not wrong.
There's nothing wrong with you.
Many of my pastors used to say, "God doesn't make junk."
And, you're not junk.
♪ Ahh, Alleluia ♪ ♪ Alleluia ♪ ♪ Alleluia ♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Ahhh ♪ ♪ Ahhh ♪ ♪ A... ♪ ♪ Men ♪ [applause] [music] I'm strange.
Being able to own your strangeness, and really trying to reclaim the language that happens in that original version of "Strange Fruit" is to say that I'm strange and that's okay.
Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone, and these Black women, and the role that Black women played historically speaking, and to say, because of them, I am able to write this song today and to be able to reclaim that narrative that being strange is a good thing.
[jazzy music] [singer vocalizing] [new singer vocalizing] [new singer vocalizing] [new singer vocalizing] ♪ I'm strange ♪ ♪ Just like the fruit that hung from the tree ♪ ♪ I'm strange ♪ ♪ Just like my ancestors that hung and swung from the tree ♪ ♪ I'm so strange ♪ ♪ So strange ♪ ♪ I'm so strange ♪ ♪ Strange ♪ ♪ I'm so very strange ♪ ♪ Strange ♪ ♪ Can you hear them?
♪ ♪ Can you hear them?
♪ ♪ I hear the echoes that goes ♪ ♪ Way deep down in my soul ♪ ♪ Sing daughter and son ♪ ♪ I've seen you and I've been here before ♪ ♪ And I want so much more for you ♪ ♪ It's okay to be yourself ♪ ♪ It's okay to be strange ♪ ♪ Oh yeah yeah yeah ♪ [up-tempo music and vocalizing] ♪ I inherited everything ♪ ♪ I inherited their sorrows and their pain ♪ ♪ I inherited their joys and their slain ♪ ♪ And just like the fruit that bore my soul ♪ ♪ I'm strange ♪ ♪ And every cross that I bear and everyone that I share ♪ ♪ Joy... ♪ [vocalizing] [new singer vocalizing] ♪ I'm strange ♪ ♪ I'm strange ♪ ♪ Strange just like the poplar tree ♪ ♪ Strange just like the poplar tree ♪ ♪ That you used to try to kill me ♪ ♪ I'm strange ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm strange ♪ ♪ Strange ♪ ♪ Strange ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm strange ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm strange ♪ ♪ Just like the poplar tree ♪ ♪ That you used to try to kill me ♪ ♪ Used to try to kill my identity ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm strange ♪ [vocalizing] ♪ I'm strange ♪ ♪ And I'm wise now ♪ [vocalizing] I'm strange I'm strange Strange Strange [all vocalizing] [all continue vocalizing] [applause] My dad used to sing this hymn all the time growing up.
And at home he would sing, ♪ I love the Lord ♪ ♪ He heard my cry ♪ ♪ I-I-I-I-I-I ♪ ♪ Love the Lord ♪ ♪ He heard my cry ♪ ♪ I-I-I-I-I-I ♪ And there's an indescribable feeling when you hear grandma, grandpa, great grandma, someone that much older than you hum these tunes.
And it hits you in such a way.
And I wanted to dedicate this song to my dad, to let him know that I didn't forget.
♪ I love the Lord, He heard my cry ♪ ♪ I love the Lord, He heard my cry ♪ ♪ And then He pitied every groan ♪ ♪ And then He pitied every groan ♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ ♪ I love the Lord, He heard my cry ♪ ♪ I love the Lord, He heard my cry ♪ ♪ I love the Lord, He heard my cry ♪ ♪ And then He pitied every groan ♪ ♪ And then He pitied every groan ♪ ♪ I love the Lord, He heard my cry ♪ ♪ I love the Lord, He heard my cry ♪ ♪ And then He pitied every groan ♪ ♪ And then He pitied every groan ♪ [full music begins] ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ As long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ Long, long, long as I live ♪ ♪ Long as I live ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne ♪ ♪ I shall go, I shall go ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne ♪ ♪ God, I'll go ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne ♪ ♪ I'll hasten ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne, yes ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne, yes ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne ♪ ♪ Throne ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne, yes ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne, yes ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne, yes ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne, yes ♪ ♪ I'll hasten to His throne ♪ ♪ His... ♪ ♪ Throne ♪ [applause] What is the meaning of the spiritual?
Why does it exist?
Why is it important?
And why is it valuable that we understand the complexity of this music?
♪ In the morning when I rise ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ In the morning when I rise ♪ ♪ In the morning when I rise ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Nothing but Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ My ancestors are seeing this as, "Give me Jesus."
And give me Jesus is not saying, "Oh, Jesus!
", you know.
No, it's saying, "Give me a life that's better than this."
It's about, I'm trying to escape this thing to get me to freedom.
Because someone's trying to kill me, literally, right?
♪ You can have the glory and fame ♪ ♪ Have all the riches of this world ♪ ♪ But I'll take Jesus ♪ ♪ I'll take Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ I'm satisfied with Him and Him al one ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Nothing but Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ I don't know about you ♪ ♪ But I'll take Jesus over everything ♪ ♪ Over everything, over everything ♪ ♪ Oh, nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Jesus, ♪ ♪ Do I have a witness out here?
♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Have all the money ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Have all the followers ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ But I'll take ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ I said I'll take ♪ ♪ Nothing but ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Nothing but Jesus ♪ ♪ For my, for my, for my, my, my ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Nothing but Jesus ♪ ♪ You can have it all ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Give me the Healer ♪ ♪ Give me the Provider ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Give me the Protector ♪ ♪ Just give me Jesus ♪ ♪ Give me the King of Kings ♪ ♪ Give me the Lord of Lords ♪ ♪ Give me the Way-Maker ♪ ♪ Give me the promise keeper ♪ [vocalizing] Adrian: it's so important in a piece that we don't see these as Christian proclamations, as much as we see them as the story of a people.
And that this is art.
♪ For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ Ooh, for every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ For every mountain, For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over, You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ For every trial, For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through, You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ For every mountain, For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over, You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ And God I don't know why, For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through, You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ For every mountain ♪ ♪ Come on and sing it with me ♪ ♪ You keep pushing ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ And I don't know why, For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through, You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ For every mountain, For every mountain ♪ ♪ That has stood in my way, You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ And God, you keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through, You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ For every mountain, For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over, You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ And I don't know why ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through, You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ For every mountain, For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over, You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ And I don't know why, God ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ For every mountain, For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ Every mountain ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through, You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ For every mountain, For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over, You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ And God, I don't know why ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through, You keep pulling me through ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ So God, I know You've given me the strength ♪ ♪ To speak to those mountains, yeah ♪ ♪ And whatever's my way ♪ ♪ God, I want to say ♪ ♪ Mountains, Mountains ♪ ♪ You get out of my way ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ Mountains ♪ ♪ For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through ♪ [a capella] ♪ For every mountain ♪ ♪ You keep pushing me over ♪ ♪ For every trial ♪ ♪ You keep pulling me through ♪ [applause] But what I'm saying is there's some perspectives, there's some opinions, right, that would seek to diminish these contributions to music like mine, and say, "Oh, well, this is simple."
And oftentimes what I say to people who say that this is simple music: "I'd love to see you do it."
[music] ♪ There have been chains ♪ ♪ That have had me bound ♪ ♪ There have been shackles ♪ ♪ That are on my feet ♪ ♪ These chains that have had me bound ♪ ♪ Bound for so long ♪ ♪ I wish, I ♪ ♪ I could be free ♪ ♪ Free to lift my hands ♪ ♪ Free to do my dance ♪ ♪ Free to lift my voice ♪ ♪ Free ♪ ♪ I'm free ♪ ♪ I'm free, oh ♪ ♪ Free to lift my hands ♪ ♪ Free to do my dance ♪ ♪ Free to lift my voice ♪ ♪ Free ♪ ♪ I'm free, hey ♪ ♪ Oh, I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ No more chains are holding me ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ The joy of the Lord ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ He's my joy ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ He can do it for me ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ He can do it for you ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I need my peace ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I need my joy ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Everybody clap your hands ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh, Lord ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Everybody clap your hands ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Everybody dance now ♪ [music] [music] ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Anybody want to be free tonight?
♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta be free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ No, no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I need my peace back ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I need by joy ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ No more chains on my feet ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Yes ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh, freedom ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Are you free today?
♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Are you free today?
♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ [improvising] ♪ I gotta get free ♪ [improvising] ♪ I gotta get free ♪ [improvising] ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Anybody want to be free?
♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Say, I got to get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Said, I got to get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Do you want to be free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I want to be free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Oh, gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ I gotta, I gotta ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ ♪ Got to get free ♪ ♪ I gotta get free ♪ [music] Come on, keep 'em clapping.
Tell them you went to "Emancipation" and you got free!
Thank you for being here tonight.
I'll see you in the lobby.
Thank you so much.
Put your hands on it.
[music and clapping] [applause] [Announcer] Live from the Harris: Adrian Dunn's "Emancipation" is made possible in part through support from JAQ Corp International, a multi-disciplinary architecture firm, using the art of jazz to shape the very nature of space.
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