James Shorter

Track Title Tuning / position Pitch

3-14 Search Me Lord * (a capella) Aflat+

3-15 My Mother Died and Left Me (a capella) E

3-16 Consolation (a capella) E+

3-17 Home Going (a capella) G-

'*' = w/Jessie Mae Hemphill

James Shorter's a capella religious numbers are wonderful, really one of the high points of the entire collection. "My Mother Died and Left Me" and "Consolation" could not be improved upon, even in one's imagination. It is such beautiful and controlled singing. Jessie Mae Hemphill, who joined Shorter for "Search Me Lord" and a little bit of "Home Going" sounds like a child, very sweet.