FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Classical Compendium
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
San Francisco Classical Voice
“My Brother’s Keeper is a must-hear, must-play-on-repeat album.”
“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.”
“…all the pain, beauty, and love that served as the impetus for the show crystallize over seven glorious minutes.
Textura
An Earful
THE ALBUM
My Brother’s Keeper brings together six Black male vocalists in a deeply personal exploration of brotherhood, community, resilience, and the complexities of Black life in America. Moving across art song, spirituals, gospel, opera, and newly commissioned works, the album creates a portrait of Black masculinity that is intimate, theatrical, joyful, searching, and unapologetically human.
THE ARTISTS
BARITONES
BASS-BARITONE
TENORS
PIANO
CURATOR
Jorell Williams
Will Liverman
Joseph Parrish
Alan Williams
Joshua Blue
Chaz'men Williams-Ali
Steven Blier
Justin Austin
LIVE IN CONCERT
BEHIND THE MUSIC
WATCH & LISTEN
This behind-the-scenes film offers an intimate look at the collaborative process - capturing moments of rehearsal, reflection, and the artistic dialogue that shaped the recording.
JORELL WILLIAMS | ON THE ALBUM
BARITONE · COMPOSER · PIANIST
On My Brother’s Keeper, Jorell Williams contributes as both performer and creator - singing throughout the program and contributing two original works, including Americana, which he performs at the piano with Steven Blier, and the album-closing Hold Fast to Dreams.
on “Santa Ain’t Black”
“The song’s a tour de force of shaping a vocal character, done to perfection by Jorell Williams. Worth the price of admission!”
PEOPLE’S WORLD
on "Hold Fast to Dreams"
"Hold Fast To Dreams,' left me sobbing."
San Francisco Classical Voice
on "Americana"
“a profound meditation...”
All Music
on "I, Too"
“Jorell Williams expresses all of Hughes’ bitterness of racism inside ‘I, Too, Am America.’”
ConcertoNet
LIVE. ON RECORD. ON PURPOSE.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Producers
Justin Austin • Steven Blier • Jonathan Estabrooks
Co-Producer
Claire Malloy
Executive Producer
William Friedman
Recording Engineer
Ken Feldman
Mixing Engineer
Jonathan Estabrooks
Mastering Engineer
Jennifer Nulsen
Album Photography
Erick Hercules
Performance Photography
Janeivy Hilario
Design
Gillian Riesen