Jean Taylor (fl. 1925) was a Black American musician and arranger. In 1925, she published a collection of Six Spirituals that she arranged. In the preface to the work she says:
“In presenting this collection of songs, it is my desire to preserve to lovers of these fine old Spirituals, with their burden of faith and philosophy, something of that rare fund of intrinsic beauty which so enriches American folk music. I wish, therefore, gratefully to acknowledge a debt of thanks to those who sang these songs to me: Effie Davis Anderson, Alabama; Ada Darrell Simmons, and the Preacher “Brother” Wright, Tennessee.”
The collection was published by The H.W. Gray Co. of Novello & Co., Ltd. in New York.
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Soon one Mawnin’
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