Jubilation in My Soul: A Song Gallery of Dynamic Black Lives is an original choral composition by Kent Stevenson, except for the melody of “‘Fantastique’ Josephine!” originally “J’ai Deux Amours,” Josephine Baker’s theme song, with melody by Vincent Scotto, arranged by Kent Stevenson. The lyrics for “We” are derived from a poem by Professor Mona Lisa Saloy.

• Full concert video
• Making Something New (virtual choir release)

Full concert video

Photos in this video by the artists listed below are used with permission, used under license, are in the public domain, or are covered by fair use. They are in alphabetical order by song, not in order of appearance.

• “Love Flows,” by Frederick N. West
• “Jubilation in My Soul,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Freedom Land Is Where You Stand,” by Kent Stevenson
• “We,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Unbowed, Unbossed and Unbought,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Greenwood,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Still I’ll Rise,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Fantastique Josephine,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Elegant, Cool,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Making Something New,” by Kent Stevenson
• “Encore: Jubilation in my Soul,” by Kent Stevenson

“Love Flows,” by Frederick N. West

“Jubilation in My Soul,” by Kent Stevenson

“Freedom Land Is Where You Stand,” by Kent Stevenson

“We,” by Kent Stevenson

“Unbowed, Unbossed and Unbought,” by Kent Stevenson

“Greenwood,” by Kent Stevenson

“Still I’ll Rise,” by Kent Stevenson

“Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee,” by Kent Stevenson

“Fantastique Josephine,” by Kent Stevenson

“Elegant, Cool,” by Kent Stevenson

“Making Something New,” by Kent Stevenson

“Encore: Jubilation in my Soul,” by Kent Stevenson

Making Something New

• Composer and piano accompanist: Kent Stevenson
• Director & executive producer: Frederick N. West
• Audio and video engineering & image curation: Doug Balcom
• Singers:
  • First sopranos: Martha Baskin, Miriam Blau, Julie Eriksen, Emily Leslie, Mary Wilson
  • Second sopranos: Paula Eisenrich, Claire Hornacek, Nikki Nichols, Rosalyn Schiller
  • Altos: Donna Austin, Lila Henderson, Sue Hurley Rector, Sherry Tuinstra-Rosales, Wendy Zieve
  • Tenors: Doug Balcom, Jeff Carter, Sylvain Slaton
  • Bass: Stephen Ernst, Ted Hunter, Wakil Matthews, Dale Rector, Tom Sharp, Straton Spyropoulos

Timepoint	Subject	Author	Source	License
0:28	Thomas L. Jennings, inventor of dry cleaning (1821)	Unknown	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
0:30	Dry cleaning business, Racine, WI, 2020	Alex Simpson	Unsplash	Unsplash License
0:34	Sarah E. Goode, inventor of folding cabinet bed/desk	Unknown	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
0:36	Patent diagram for Sarah E. Goode's Cabinet bed, issued July 14, 1885	Sarah E. Goode	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
0:40	Alexander Miles, inventor of automatic elevator doors	Unknown	Duluth Public Library, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
0:42	Patent diagram for Alexander Miles’ elevator, issued 1887	Alexander Miles	Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
0:46	Painted portrait of Dr. Charles R. Drew, surgeon, inventor of the blood plasma bag (1945)	Betsy Graves Reyneau	National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
0:48	Blood bag	Wikimedia user DtheZombie	Wikimedia Commons	Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
0:52	Frederick McKinley Jones, inventor of the air conditioner	Minneapolis Morning Tribune	Hennepin County Library Digital Collections	Public use granted with attribution
0:53	Patent diagram for Frederick McKinley Jones’ air conditioning unit, issued 1942	Frederick McKinley Jones	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
0:57	Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, nuclear physicist, inventor of various telephone technologies	World Economic Forum	Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons	Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
0:59	Caller ID converter device	Sanjay Acharya	Wikimedia Commons	Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
1:03	Cropped portion of painted mural of Benjamin Banneker, astronomer, inventor of a clock with all wooden parts	Carol M. Highsmith	Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain, as granted by author
1:05	Cropped detail from biographical cartoon about Benjamin Banneker	Charles Henry Alston	National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
1:09	Marie Van Brittan Brown, nurse, inventor of a video home security system	Unknown	Atlanta Black Star	Fair use with attribution
1:11	Detail from patent diagram for Marie Van Brittan Brown’s video home security system, filed 1966	Marie Van Brittan Brown	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
1:15	Garrett Morgan, inventor of a gas mask, which he wore when saving many lives in 1916	Unknown	US Dept. of Transportation, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
1:17	Patent diagram for Garrett Morgan’s gas mask, filed 1912	Garrett Morgan	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
1:37	Kenneth Dunkley, physicist, inventor of modern 3D glasses	Unknown	Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County	Fair use with attribution
1:39	Patent diagram for Kenneth Dunkley’s 3D glasses, filed 1986	Kenneth Dunkley	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
1:41	Dr. Mark Dean, computer engineer, inventor of many PC components	Unknown	National Centre for Computing Education	Fair use with attribution
1:43	Photo of an IBM PC and printer	Unknown	National Centre for Computing Education	Fair use with attribution
1:45	Henry T. Sampson, engineer, inventor of the gamma-electric cell	Unknown	BlackPast.org	Fair use with attribution
1:47	Patent diagram for Henry T. Sampson’s gamma-electric cell, filed 1968	Henry T. Sampson	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
1:49	Philip B. Downing, inventor of the street letter box	Unknown	PBS, via twimg.com	Fair use with attribution
1:51	Patent diagram for Philip B. Downing’s street letter box, granted 1891	Philip B. Downing	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
1:53	Lyda D. Newman, inventor of a hair brush with synthetic bristles	Unknown	YouTube video still shot from Youth Consultation Service	Fair use with attribution
1:55	Patent diagram for Lyda D. Newman’s hair brush, filed 1898	Lyda D. Newman	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
1:57	Joseph N. Jackson, inventor of a programmable TV controller	Unknown	Black Mail Blog	Fair use with attribution
1:59	Patent diagram for Joseph N. Jackson’s programmable TV controller, filed 1977	Joseph N. Jackson	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
2:01	Catherine Wicks and George "Crum" Speck, chefs, inventors of Saratoga-style potato chips	Unknown	Georgs S. Bolster Collection, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
2:03	Photo of potato chips	Mustafa Bashari	Unsplash	Unsplash License
2:05	Dr. James Edward Maceo West, acoustician, inventor of the foil electret microphone	Sonavi Labs	Sonavi Labs, via Wikimedia Commons	Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
2:07	Patent diagrams for Dr. James Edward Maceo West’s foil electret microphone, filed 1962	Dr. James Edward Maceo West	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
2:09	Alice H. Parker, inventor of the gas furnace	Unknown	BlackPast.org	Fair use with attribution
2:11	Patent diagram for Alice H. Parker’s gas furnace, granted 1919	Alice H. Parker	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Black Mail Blog	Public domain
2:13	Dr. Valerie L. Thomas, NASA physicist, inventor of the illusion transmitter	NASA	NASA, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
2:15	Patent diagram for Dr. Valerie L. Thomas’s illusion transmitter, filed 1978	Dr. Valerie L. Thomas	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
2:17	George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist, inventor of hundreds of uses for peanuts	Unknown	Tuskegee University Archives, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
2:19	Photo of peanuts	Isai Dzib	Unsplash	Unsplash License
2:21	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, singer/guitarist & musical pioneer, godmother of rock & roll	James J. Kriegsmann	Publicity photo, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
2:23	Cover of Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s record album, “Gospel Train”	Mercury Records	Mercury Records, via Wikimedia Commons	Fair use of low-resolution image, with attribution
2:27	Tenor compact score for Kent Stevenson’s “Making Something New”	Kent Stevenson (engraved by Doug Balcom)	Doug Balcom	Used with permission
2:42	Dr. George Edward Alcorn Jr., nuclear physicist, inventor of the imaging x-ray spectrometer	Debbie McCallum	National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
2:43	Patent diagram for Dr. George Edward Alcorn Jr.’s imaging x-ray spectrometer, filed 1982	Dr. George Edward Alcorn Jr.	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
2:47	George T. Sampson, inventor of the clothes dryer	Unknown	AcesAspire.com	Fair use with attribution
2:48	Patent diagram for George T. Sampson’s clothes dryer, granted 1892	George T. Sampson	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain
2:52	Dr. Lonnie Johnson, aerospace engineer, inventor of the Super Soaker	Office of Naval Research	Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons	Public domain
2:53	Patent diagram for Dr. Lonnie Johnson’s “pinch trigger hand pump water gun with non-detachable tank” (aka Super Soaker)	Dr. Lonnie Johnson	US Patent & Trademark Office, via Google Patents	Public domain