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Offering a repertory of concert spirituals, art songs, hymns, anthems, oratorios, and other classical vocal literature, Jones and his choirs expressed the cosmopolitan and assimilationist aspirations of Chicago’s African American middle class in the first half of the twentieth century. Jones was among the first to direct an African American choir on radio, on television, on record, and in front of racially mixed audiences. He worked with many of the era’s top artists from several genres. For 30 years, he directed a thousand-voice choir for the Chicagoland Music Festival. Whether directing in church, on stage, in a recording studio, radio or television station, or leading thousands in singing at Soldier Field or the National Folk Festival, Jones presented classical vocal music, and especially spirituals, with dignity and power. But as ubiquitous as Jones was in Chicago’s music community until his death in 1961, he has been forgotten. This is in large part because the maestro did not leave much of a recording legacy—he and his Metropolitan Community Choir made one known commercial disc for Paramount Records in 1925. This lecture, based on the presenter’s article for Chicago History, will place Jones and Chicago’s often overlooked African American classical music culture in their proper historical context. Attendees will view archival photos and be among the first in nearly 80 years to hear recordings of Jones and his choirs at the 1937 National Folk Festival.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Video Editor"]},"value":{"en":["Nathan Georgitis"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Wesley Jones was one of the most celebrated choir directors you have never heard. Offering a repertory of concert spirituals, art songs, hymns, anthems, oratorios, and other classical vocal literature, Jones and his choirs expressed the cosmopolitan and assimilationist aspirations of Chicago\u0026rsquo;s African American middle class in the first half of the twentieth century. Jones was among the first to direct an African American choir on radio, on television, on record, and in front of racially mixed audiences. He worked with many of the era\u0026rsquo;s top artists from several genres. For 30 years, he directed a thousand-voice choir for the Chicagoland Music Festival. Whether directing in church, on stage, in a recording studio, radio or television station, or leading thousands in singing at Soldier Field or the National Folk Festival, Jones presented classical vocal music, and especially spirituals, with dignity and power. But as ubiquitous as Jones was in Chicago\u0026rsquo;s music community until his death in 1961, he has been forgotten. This is in large part because the maestro did not leave much of a recording legacy\u0026mdash;he and his Metropolitan Community Choir made one known commercial disc for Paramount Records in 1925. This lecture, based on the presenter\u0026rsquo;s article for Chicago History, will place Jones and Chicago\u0026rsquo;s often overlooked African American classical music culture in their proper historical context. 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