Carl B. Stokes with The Oliver Nelson Orchestra - "Sit Down"

("A Black Suite For String Quartet And Jazz Orchestra by Oliver Nelson, Part "C"- Sit Down") From "The Mayor And The People" 1970 Flying Dutchman Press Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, November, 1969 Music written by Oliver Nelson Produced by Bob Thiele, Flying Dutchman Productions Ltd. Published by Noslen Music - BMI Orchestra arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson "Carl B. Stokes was the first black mayor of a major American city (Cleveland, between 1968 and 1971) believed in working within the system in order to change it. The first side of the album was a recording of a press conference. The second side featured Stokes reciting a variety of black poetry over a wonderful orchestral score by Oliver Nelson. His reading of Langston Hughes´'Sit Down' is excellent and he ends the side with the Poem 'Paint It Black' by newcomer Gil Scott-Heron, a fan of Hughes..." ~ Dean Rudland (br. music mananger, dj. ) ~

Added 9 Aug 2026