Higher Ground - Higher Ground

Higher Ground collects highlights from the concert, which took place at Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City and was televised nationally on PBS and broadcast on XM Satellite Radio and NPR member radio stations in the U.S. and worldwide. The evening started off with Shirley Caesar's rousing rendition of 'This Joy' and worked it's way through Cassandra Wilson's prayerful reading of Duke Ellington's 'Come Sunday' with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. CD also features songs by Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Wynton Marsalis, Bette Midler, Art & Aaron Neville, Dianne Reeves, James Taylor, Cassandra Wilson & Buckwheat Zydeco. All these artists help pay tribute to the city of New Orleans, one of the greatest musical and cultural centers in all the world, through a multitude of musical moods & styles: Early to Modern Jazz, Gospel, New Orleans Funk, Folk, & Pop. Blue Note. 2005.

1) This Joy - Shirley Caesar
2) Over There - Terence Blanchard
3) Go to the Mardi Gras - Art ; Aaron Neville
4) Basin Street Blues - Diana Krall
5) Never Die Young - James Taylor
6) The House I Live in - Dianne Reeves
7) New Orleans Blues - Marcus Roberts
8) I Think It's Going to Rain Today - Norah Jones
9) Dippermouth Blues - Wynton Marsalis Hot Seven
10) I'm Gonna Love You Anyway - Buckwheat Zydeco
11) Is That All There Is - Bette Midler ; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
12) Just a Closer Walk with Thee - Irvin Mayfield JR
13) Here's to Life - the Jordan Family
14) Blackwell's Message - Joe Lovano
15) Come Sunday - Cassandra Wilson ; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra