In SPIRIT, BODY AND SOUL, pianist and composer David Berry offers powerfully expressive solo piano compositions on time-honored African American spirituals. Ranging from intense virtuosity to deeply intimate reflection, the works on this album are imbued with the full gamut of human emotion that lives within the tradition of the spirituals. The album includes beloved favorites such as Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho, Go Down Moses, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen, and closes with a very unique improvisation on Lift Every Voice and Sing. Berry’s style, praised as “touchingly introspective” by Gramophone, blends the power, sweep, and virtuosity of the classical piano tradition descended from Liszt and Rachmaninoff, with the soul essence and elements of various Black music styles in a unique journey through these cherished spirituals.