MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
Album Reviews | NYFOS Records
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"the 15-song program is so brilliantly performed and stitched together that it left me variously cheering, laughing, sobbing, and ecstatic."
- San Francisco Classical Voice
Recorded live at Merkin Hall and released by NYFOS Records in 2026, My Brother’s Keeper brings together six Black male vocalists in a program exploring brotherhood, community, resilience, and mutual support through art song, spirituals, gospel, opera, and original works.
"The collective jazz harmony establishes the album’s essential character immediately, a program built on shared experience rather than individual showcase."
- AllMusic
"New York Festival of Song Records has come out with yet another stunning vocal album."
- People's World
“…the project extends beyond its many musical rewards.”
- Textura
JORELL WILLIAMS ON THE RECORDING
BARITONE | COMPOSER | PIANIST
PIANIST
"Americana"
“A powerful blues-inflected duet for two pianos… an affecting reimagining of the African-American spiritual ‘Go Down, Moses.’”
Textura
SINGER
"Santa Ain't Black"
“You must hear Jorell Williams
perform this song!”
San Francisco Classical Voice
COMPOSER
"Hold Fast To Dreams"
“Jorell Williams’… ‘Hold Fast To Dreams,’ leaves us poised with tentative hope… It’s memorable choral writing.”
People's World
ENSEMBLE
"Come Unto Me"
“The collective jazz harmony establishes the album’s essential character immediately…”
AllMusic