The Essential Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson rewrote the rules for singing gospel in the late '40s by bringing blues phrasing and other secular elements into sacred song, and with her powerful alto, she sang with an immediacy and conviction that are still startling when they break out of the speakers some 30 years after her death. This two-disc set collects tracks from Jackson s long stay at Columbia Records as well as a few tracks from her previous label, Apollo Records where she recorded from 1947 until signing with Columbia in 1954. What makes this set feel like more than a greatest-hits collection is the inspired sequencing, which doesn't move chronologically but instead is paced like a concert, helped by the placement of key live tracks, including several from her historic appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival Highlights are almost too many to mention, but her elegant version of "Come Sunday" with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra is majestic in scope, and her interpretations of a pair of Thomas A. Dorsey compositions, "It Didn't Cost Very Much" and "I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song" are definitive. The funky "Let the Church Roll On," featuring some wonderful stop-start stuttering piano work from Mildred Falls rocks the house, as does the rousing, jazzy version of "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" that is included here. A beautiful and heartbreaking reading of "I've Been Buked" from Columbia s tape archives is another obvious high point. No one could worry over a note like Mahalia Jackson The Essential Mahalia Jackson makes a marvelous introduction to the Colombia Records era of this powerful and soulful singer, and coupled with the earlier three-disc Apollo Sessions paints a complete picture of an American treasure. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
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The Essential Mahalia Jackson
- UPC:
- 696998906723
- Label:
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Columbia/Legacy
- Released:
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3/2/2004
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0
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1
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Music
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| 1 | How I Got Over | 7:16 |
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| 2 | Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen | 3:45 |
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| 3 | Calvary | 3:45 |
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| 4 | Didn't It Rain | 3:42 |
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| 5 | If I Can Help Somebody | 3:45 |
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| 6 | Walk On By Faith | 3:53 |
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| 7 | His Eye Is On The Sparrow | 4:21 |
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| 8 | It Don't Cost Very Much | 3:16 |
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| 9 | Take My Hand, Precious Lord | 4:12 |
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| 10 | Down By The Riverside | 2:16 |
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| 11 | The Lord's Prayer | 3:59 |
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| 12 | Come On Children, Let's Sing | 1:54 |
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| 13 | My God Is Real | 3:37 |
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| 14 | I Will Move On Up A Little Higher | 2:40 |
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| 15 | I Will Move On Up A Little Higher | 3:19 |
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| 16 | When The Saints Go Marching In | 3:01 |
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| 17 | I'm Goin' To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song | 4:16 |
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| 18 | You'll Never Walk Alone | 4:39 |
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| 19 | Elijah Rock | 4:53 |
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Credits »
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
George Avakian - Producer
Mark Wilder - Mastering
Don Hunstein - Photography
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Liz Reilly - Photo Research
Falls-Jones Ensemble - Ensemble
John Hammond, Sr. - Producer
Mahalia Jackson - Arranger
Bob Fisher - Reissue Producer
Horace Clarence Boyer - Liner Notes
Frank Bez - Photography
Aaron Love - Adaptation
Mildred Falls - Leader
Leigh Wiener - Photography
Sandy Speiser - Photography
Hank Parker - Cover Photo
Nedra Olds-Neal - Compilation Producer
Irving Townsend - Producer
Marty Paich - Conductor
Cal Lampley - Producer
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