'Our American Journey'

The Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a new album called "Our American Journey." The 12 singing men visited The Early Show to perform "Calling My Children Home," a song from that CD.

In the new CD the group celebrates its roots with a program spanning four centuries of music, from the Mexican Baroque to traditional American Classics and works written expecially for the ensemble.

Its members are:

• Eric Alatorre - bass
  
• David Alan Marshall - baritone
  
• Matt Oltman - tenor
  
• Chris Fritzsche - soprano
  
• Mark Sullivan - baritone
  
• Jesse Antin - alto
  
• Jay White - alto
  
• Matt Alber - soprano,
  
• Philip Wilder - alto
  
• Kevin Baum – tenor
  
• Ian Howell – soprano

  Led by Music Director Joseph Jennings, the group has been praised and recognized worldwide for its interpretations of vocal literature. Chanticleer has been recording since 1994.

  Here is a listing of their latest track:
  

  • Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah, Traditional Appalachian,
    
  • Credidi Juan de Lienas,
    
  • Versa est in luctum, Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla,
    
  • Jefferson (Glorious things of Thee are Spoken), Traditional
    
  • David's Lamentation, William Billings,
    
  • Soar Away, A. M. Cagle,
    
  • Whispers, Steven Stucky,
    
  • Voices of Autumn, Jackson Hill,
    
  • The Un-covered Wagon, Brent Michael Davids,
    
  • "Fuggi, fuggi, dolor" and "Labbra vermiglie e belle" from Tre Rime di Tasso, William Hawley
    
  • Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Stephen Foster,
    
  • Camptown Races, Stephen Foster,
    
  • Love Walked In, George Gershwin,
    
  • Willow Weep for Me, Ann Ronell,
    
  • Calling My Children Home, Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller and Robert Yates,
  • Wayfarin' Stranger, Traditional
    
  • I'm a Pilgrim, Traditional