Mahalia Jackson

1. Mighty Fortress Is Our God

2. Amazing Grace

3. Beautiful Tomorrow

4. Come to Jesus

5. Down by the Riverside

6. He's My Light

7. His Eye Is on the Sparrow

8. How Great Thou Art

9. How I Got Over

10. I Will Move on Up a Little Higher

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Average customer rating: Awesome Listen to the piano bass line! Would have loved to been in the audience... What's not to love about a Mahalia Jackson CD?.. WOW!! After All These Years...

Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns Mahalia Jackson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Christian & Gospel | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol. 2 Precious Lord: The Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas! The Best of Mahalia Jackson Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings ASIN: B000009RB9 Release Date: 1998-08-18

Tracks:

1. Didn't It Rain
2. My God Is Real (Yes, God Is Real)
3. Walk Over God's Heaven
4. If I Can Help Somebody
5. Come On Children, Let's Sing
6. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
7. I Found The Answer
8. It Is Well With My Soul
9. Great Gettin' Up In The Morning
10. You Must Be Born Again
11. Elijah Rock
12. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
13. A Satisfied Mind
14. Keep Your Hand On The Plow
15. Roll, Jordan, Roll
16. Calvary
17. In My Home Over There
18. I Will Move On Up A Little Higher

Tracks:

1. In The Upper Room
2. The Christian's Testimony
3. If We Never Needed The Lord Before (We Sure Do Need Him Now)
4. A City Called Heaven
5. Trouble Of The World
6. Without God I Could Do Nothing
7. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
8. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
9. His Eye Is On The Sparrow
10. God Put A Rainbow In The Sky
11. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
12. A Rusty Old Halo
13. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
14. Dear Lord, Forgive
15. I'm Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song
16. Search Me Lord
17. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
18. Walk On By Faith

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If the bazillion packagings and repackagings of Mahalia Jackson's music confound you and you don't know where to start, this expertly compiled, carefully annotated double-disc box set is for you. Jackson wasn't just gospel music's first international superstar--she was among its earliest adherents and inventors. Working with the great composer and former blues singer Thomas A. Dorsey in the late 1930s, Jackson gave a distinctly blues-trained, jazzy sass and grace to Dorsey's material and the other hymns and spirituals she sang. More than any other performer, she helped to define gospel music itself as a transcendent, rootsy, melismatic, and heady spiritual sound. Culled from her sides for Columbia in the 1950s and 1960s, some of the arrangements in the set are not ideal and may sound quite a bit dated, but that voice shines and soars and dives straight to the center of your heart. Whether backed by a simple organ or piano or with full studio accompaniment, Jackson's booming, instantly recognizable contralto is indescribable, exciting, and forever a wonder to behold. And if you think that's an exaggeration, you don't own this record. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2007-06-15

The music is great and the singer is phenomenal. All in all a great purchase.

Listen to the piano bass line!.......2006-01-19

Listen to the piano bass line in "Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho." I can listen to that alone and rejoice! Then, there is Mahalia Jackson's voice, a little rougher than Ella Fitzgerald but there is a child-like joy as she sings these gospel songs. For this evidence, listen to, "If I Can Help Somebody." The recording is superb as if I were listening to the album on vinyl. Superb stuff!

Would have loved to been in the audience..........2005-08-29

About a year ago, I was looking to expand my Gospel collection. I remembered hearing Ms. Jackson's version of "Go Tell it on the Mountain" when I was young -- and I remembered that I liked that song, liked it a LOT.
Thinking back to my younger days, I took a chance and invested in this CD, and Volume II, at the same time. WOW!! Suffice it to say that those two Mahalia CDs now receive more playing time than any of my other CDs.
One drawback; however, I learned not to play these on my stereo when it was time to go to sleep -- I just couldn't keep still -- my feet kept moving to the music -- the music is just too powerful, too stimulating -- had to limit it to daytime use only.
I would have loved to have been in the live audience to hear Ms. Jackson sing while she drew breath upon this earth.
Does it get any better than this ... I think NOT.
I hope I run into Mahalia and Elvis when I make it to heaven, and I hope that I get to hear them belt out those gospel tunes with their heavenly voices -- definitely something to look forward to! Wow, again!

What's not to love about a Mahalia Jackson CD?.........2005-04-23

I bought this CD and Volume II back in 2002. My mother loved Mahalia Jackson, so I grew up listening to her in vinyl round the clock it seemed. I actually thought I couldn't stand to hear another Mahalia Jackson song as long as I lived. But as an adult, I found myself humming some of the songs my mother had played over and over, and one day I realized I missed Mahalia's voice. When I bought these collections of hers, I actually went searching specifically for Mahalia Jackson music. Imagine my mother's surprise when I told her I had Mahalia Jackson blasting in my house the way she'd done when I was growing up! :-) There are still more Mahalia Jackson songs that I'm looking for that, in all the songs on these collections, weren't included. That's my only disappointment with these. But the quality of the recordings -- classic Mahalia!

WOW!! After All These Years..........2004-01-19

...she is still considered the "Queen of Gospel". She has been dead for about 30 years and NO gospel artist can compare to her. Not even the late Rev. James Cleveland can get this much respect. When you hear Mahalia sing, it's like GOD singing. That's how powerful her voice was. Even when I have my doubts on life, I depend on Mahalia to pick me up (and she does). This collection is the best collection out there (IMO) on Ms. Jackson. I recommend this to all. I wished I was alive to have heard her sing live, but at least I have this collection.

Average customer rating: Glory, Hallelujah! Thank Ya Jesus! everlasting Love it. My Goodness!!! The Great Gospel Voice of the 20th Century

The Best of Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: 16 Most Requested Songs Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns Amazing Grace Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas! Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000002AZG Release Date: 1995-05-30

Tracks:

1. God Put A Rainbow In The Sky
2. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
3. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
4. His Eye Is On The Sparrow
5. Walk In Jerusalem
6. Come On Children, Let's Sing
7. Medley: Summertime/Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
8. In The Upper Room
9. I Will Move On Up A Little Higher
10. God Is So Good (To Me)
11. How I Got Over
12. Didn't It Rain
13. Trouble Of The World
14. He Calmed The Ocean
15. Just A Little While To Stay Here
16. Part VI (23rd Psalm) (From Black, Brown And Beige)

Customer Reviews:

Glory, Hallelujah! Thank Ya Jesus!.......2007-03-11

One word.... Magnificent. More than 5 stars... 100! Ms. Mahalia Jackson puts a stirring in your soul. This cd is quintessial for the inexpensive person. Trouble Of The World stirs your soul to yearn for the Lord to come down now! In The Upper Room makes you get on yo' feet and shout GLORY! HALLELUJAH! If you want some GOSPEL.. not that contemporary mess that's out today(that's straddlin' the fence or doing the Tango with the EVIL ONE) Get you a heapin' spoonful of this goodness that'll put your soul in good cheer
-not a Kid-

C. Patterson~ Buffalo NY

everlasting.......2005-10-30

Though intended to be religious, Mahalia Jackson's singing has a far wider scope. Right up to the present day she still sounds great for everyone who cares to listen.

I think the extreme quality of her voice is very much enhanced by a consequent choice of repertoire. Always insisting on singing to the praise of God, Mahalia must have declined tremendous offers for switching to a more popular theme.

It's clear that Mahalia Jackson was guided by her religious devotion. She kept true to it all her life. The inspiration derived can be heard throughout her music -- adding the perfect touch to her everlasting songs.

Love it........2005-10-02

I've always loved Mahalia Jackson, but this is the first CD I've ever purchased. I love it!

My Goodness!!!.......2004-02-27

My Goodness this is quite a compelation!!! I thank my God for annointing this woman to sing like...like...like, well, I don't even know how to describel her. You can actualy feal what she sings. You can feal the sense of longing and expectation for rest and reward after a life filled with trial and tribulation. You can also feal the joy and serenity I'm sure she had due to the One she loved to sing about most: her life's Love, and mine: Jesus of Nazareth! This cd has wonderful sound quality and a lovely selection of some of her different modes-- from jubilee, to sorrow/longing, to almost classical-slash-jazzy! You won't be dissapointed! May she rest ever in God's peace.

The Great Gospel Voice of the 20th Century.......2003-09-23

Born to a poor family in 1911 in New Orleans, Mahalia Jackson grew up singing in her father's church--and soaking up the blues and jazz for which that city is so famous in the process. By the late 1920s she was in Chicago, where (according to this CD's liner notes) her distinctly jazz and blues-inflected singing style nearly got her thrown out of the Greater Salem Baptist Church. But Mahalia persevered, and in the early 1950s a series of radio and television broadcasts launched her first to national and then international acclaim. Some thirty years after her death in 1972, she is still considered the single greatest gospel singer America has ever produced.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: nothing short of a remastered box set could possibly do justice to Mahalia Jackson. But if you can only own a single CD of her work, the inexpensive BEST OF MAHALIA JACKSON is probably your best choice, for it collects most of the songs for which she was most famous--and a number of less famous but no less beautiful and powerful selections as well.

As in the other Mahalia Jackson recordings it has been my pleasure to explore, the sound quality here is somewhat problematic. But nothing, absolutely nothing, can undermine Jackson's beautiful tone, amazing power, and incredible control. Whether it's her jump-for-joy rendition of such titles as "God Put A Rainbow In The Sky" or her emotionally draining medley of "Summertime" and "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child," you feel Jackson all the way from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head. Her voice rings through you like a great bell, like the voice of the God she worships in every note of every song.

This is the second Mahalia Jackson CD I have reviewed, and I'm fast running out of superlatives. Truly, this is a voice that belongs alongside the great singers of the 20th Century, and I strongly recommend this CD and her work in general.

--GFT (Amazon Reviewer)--

Average customer rating: What's not to love about a Mahalia Jackson CD?.. Ebenezer Baptist Church's Mother Mildred's Kid's Affirmation

Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol. 2 Mahalia Jackson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Christian & Gospel | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas! Amazing Grace 16 Most Requested Songs The World's Greatest Gospel Singer ASIN: B000009RBC Release Date: 1998-08-18

Tracks:

1. Walk In Jerusalem
2. I Have A Friend Above All Others
3. Tell The World About This
4. It Took A Miracle
5. I Don't Want To Be Lost
6. Were You There?
7. What Manner Of Man Is This
8. I'm Glad About It
9. There Is A Balm In Gilead
10. How I Got Over
11. I've Been Buked
12. I Love The Lord
13. Come On Up To Bright Glory
14. God Is So Good (To Me)
15. Just A Little While To Stay Here
16. In Times Like These
17. How Great Thou Art
18. Let The Church Roll On

Tracks:

1. It Don't Cost Very Much
2. To Me It's So Wonderful
3. When I Wake Up In Glory
4. I Want My Crown
5. Speak Lord Jesus
6. He Calmed The Ocean
7. I Couldn't Keep It To Myself
8. Then The Answer Came
9. The Love Of God
10. He's Right On Time
11. Have You Any Time For Jesus
12. Sign Of The Judgement
13. No Other Help I Know
14. Medley: Summertime (From Porgy & Bess)/Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
15. When The Saints Go Marching In
16. My Desire
17. I'm On My Way
18. The Lord's Prayer

Customer Reviews:

What's not to love about a Mahalia Jackson CD?.........2005-04-23

I bought this CD and Volume I back in 2002. My mother loved Mahalia Jackson, so I grew up listening to her in vinyl round the clock it seemed. I actually thought I couldn't stand to hear another Mahalia Jackson song as long as I lived. But as an adult, I found myself humming some of the songs my mother had played over and over, and one day I realized I missed Mahalia's voice. When I bought these collections of hers, I actually went searching specifically for Mahalia Jackson music. Imagine my mother's surprise when I told her I had Mahalia Jackson blasting in my house the way she'd done when I was growing up! :-) There are still more Mahalia Jackson songs that I'm looking for that, in all the songs on these collections, weren't included. That's my only disappointment with these. But the quality of the recordings -- classic Mahalia Jackson!

Ebenezer Baptist Church's Mother Mildred's Kid's Affirmation.......2005-01-15

There is an unusual opportunity with amazon.com to preview the audio adaptation of the beautiful contralto voices that're accompanied unbelievably: Professionally-named "Mahalia Jackson", whose followings include the missing-in-action true sources of the marching music that helped the 20th Century still-slaves overcome. If your families sang aloud as fearlessly as mine did, then you want to experience these. You can order "Mahalia Jackson's" inspirational sharings to hear whenever you awaken feeling low. Or, you can listen to the samples before checking if there's another of "Mahalia Jackson's Gospels, Spirituals, &Hymns" available online to hear at least a tiny trace: one of my favorites is "Martin, Luther and John." The music is so fabulous: You can substitute the names of your missing-in-action loved ones to cheer you until they're alive with you like when we'd been here only a couple of winks. Thanks, www.amazon.com.
From, "(&Svenie)" P.S. "I'll Be Down To Get You With A Taxi, Honey" is also a neat tune for these times. But, be cautious not to promise what you can't deliver, 'cause we know somebody who did sing that only later to endure giving a ride to her teacher's dog which had fleas on those automatically dropped magnets...

Average customer rating: Look back in wonder A Must Have Oldie But Goodie Good introduction She sang from the heart!!

16 Most Requested Songs Mahalia Jackson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of Mahalia Jackson Amazing Grace Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol. 2 Sings America's Favorite Hymns ASIN: B000002AER Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

1. I Will Move On Up A Little Higher
2. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
3. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
4. Come On Children, Let's Sing
5. There Is A Balm In Gilead (Live Version)
6. How I Got Over (Live Version)
7. Trouble Of The World
8. Walk In Jerusalem
9. In The Upper Room
10. Didn't It Rain
11. My God Is Real (Yes, God Is Real)
12. Walk Over God's Heaven
13. His Eye Is On The Sparrow
14. I Found The Answer
15. Oh Lord Is It I?
16. The Lord's Prayer

Customer Reviews:

Look back in wonder.......2005-08-04

Mahalia sings like no other, her genre just happens to be Gospel. A must have album for your Mahalia Jackson collection.

A Must Have Oldie But Goodie.......2004-02-06

This is a great CD! It will have you bobbing your head and patting your foot as Mahalia put her heart and soul into singing the old time favorites. Even my 1 year old enjoys listening!

Good introduction.......2001-01-03

Mahalia Jackson is also one of those artists, who I love, even if I don't like their musical style too much. But Mahalias blend of gospel, blues and rock is irresistable. Her powerful, honest, authentic interpretation is marvellous, her voice is absolutely stunning and amazingly emotional. Combined with her exceptional personality I think her work is absolutely brilliant, and disregarding any musical styles deserves my deepest respect. I have no words to describe this wonderful music. But I can easily recommend Mahalia Jackson for any music fan who wants to hear music which enters your ears and settles in your heart. And I think this CD features a good mix of her work, and is therefore a very good introduction. But feel free to check any of her CDs, for she has much more to offer (Newport 56 live, etc.)! If you're young and you don't like this music today, keep her in mind. Perhaps in a few years you will never like to miss her again. It took me 20 years to rediscover her!

She sang from the heart!!.......1999-09-09

Mahaila was truley a gifted singer who sang from deep in the gut of her soul. I really enjoyed her song trouble in this world. A must for the gospel fan.

Average customer rating: Two Unlikely Collaborators Make Heavenly Music Two national Gospel treasures hits an A! A Master Class in Gospel Music Great music! Not really a Lucky Peterson album at all!

Spirituals & Gospel: Dedicated to Mahalia Jackson Mavis Staples Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music Christian & Gospel | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: We'll Never Turn Back Have A Little Faith Mavis Staples/Only for the Lonely Freedom Highway Move ASIN: B000004767 Release Date: 2007-04-25

Tracks:

1. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
2. A Rusty Old Halo
3. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
4. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
5. Wade In The Water
6. Precious Lord Take My Hand
7. I'll Fly Away From Here
8. Were You There?
9. Go Down, Moses
10. Steal Away
11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
12. Down By The Riverside
13. Stand By Me

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It's moments like these when you wish you hadn't used words like "spine-tingling," "passionate," and "gritty" in other reviews. By the time of these 1996 duo sessions, Staples's voice had gotten grainier and earthier than it was during her glory days, and is all the more expressive and heart wrenching because of it. Meanwhile, Peterson's work on Hammond B-3 and piano is nothing short of astonishing--urgent, soulful, and pulsating--yet it never overwhelms Staples's burning pleas. Billed as a tribute to Mahalia Jackson, these 13 familiar cuts are soaked to the bone with blues inflections that deftly illustrate the intimate relationship between blues and spirituals. The pair's inspirational sermon will make believers out of even the most resolute cynics. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Two Unlikely Collaborators Make Heavenly Music.......2007-03-12

Lucky Peterson plays blues. Mavis Staples sings gospel. One might wonder if this Saturday night/Sunday morning combo could create a lasting tribute to gospel great Mahalia Jackson. But it works, mainly because the two stick to a formula Jackson favored: Vocals accompanied only by an organ or piano.

Staples was deeply influenced by Jackson's music and friendship. And it was her idea to record a tribute using the accompaniment Jackson prefered. But she had trouble finding an organ player with the reputation that would interest a record company. Peterson had this reputation. In the mid-1990s, he was a red-hot blues player for Verve Records, getting lots of radio play, and gigs at major festivals. He was famous for his guitar playing, but equally proficient on the Hammond B-3 organ. Verve promised to release the Jackson tribute if Staples agreed to work with Peterson. The results are stunning, especially considering the two never worked together before.

Staples' voice is characterized by a deep rasp that adds an emotional edge to Jackson favorites like "Wade in the Water" and "Were You There?" Peterson, for his part, has the chops befitting a bandleader. But on this album, he gladly, almost worshipfully, steps into the supporting role. On every track, Peterson punctuates Staples' singing, and fills her pauses with appropriate chords. Never once does he upstage her, or play ahead of her.

The best example of this collaboration is "Precious Lord, Take My Hand." Here, Staples' voice soars to the heavens - praising God, Jackson, praising music itself - before descending to a gravelly bottom, filled with soul and solemnity. Peterson, again, follows wherever Staples goes. Like the perfect wingman, his eye remains on his leader, hands reacting quickly and competently to stay in formation.

"Spirituals & Gospel" works because of the special magic between Staples, a leader in sacred music, and Peterson, a star of the secular world. Who knew that great gospel needed a sinner to help it succeed? The Lord works in mysterious ways....

Two national Gospel treasures hits an A!.......2007-01-18

In the world of recorded music, many highly talented female vocalist have paid their tribute to musical mentors like Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Aretha Franklin and Mahalia Jackson. My allegation is that most vocalists fail in their attempt. Why? You can't do it better than your mentor, you need to do it differently! To make an album dedicated to Mahalia Jackson, singing / playing her most beloved gospel and spiritual repertoire tunes, you need a portion of great musicality and a lots of guts! The soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples has these qualities. And she does it differently, in her own way together with only pianist / organist Lucky Peterson. Peterson, also well known for his great blues albums playing guitar, shows mean gospel skills on the Hammond B-3 organ , which he focused most of his musical energy on after lessons from Bill Doggett and the legendary Jimmy Smith. Not many surprises on the selections of tunes on this CD, the dearly beloved ones are all here - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, Wade In The Water, I'll Fly Away From Home, Gown Down Moses to name a few. Peterson's organ playing must be considered as a learning book for gospel organ players and enthusiasts - his sensitive use of organ dynamics as an accompanist and soloist, drawbar registrations, and bass lines make the duo sound like at full band. Peterson's change to acoustic piano an a few tunes only broadens the musical expression of this great CD. Staples mature darkened soul voice and chops adds great edge to her gospel interpretations. Her dubbed solo version of "Stand By Me" says it all. Well done Staples / Peterson - A for overall performance!

A Master Class in Gospel Music.......2005-01-19

Mavis Staples' husky voice is a national treasure. I remember hearing her in the pre-renovation Carnegie Hall in the 1970s with The Staples (opening for Ray Charles). One of the great voices of the century. Her gospel singing with her family group in the 1960s is less well remembered than her secular singing in the 1970s, but it is the root of everything she's ever done.

This record--a duet with pianist/organist Lucky Peterson--features a collection of songs associated with Mahalia Jackson. That means there's plenty of traditional material, like "He's Got the Whole World In His Hand" and "Down By the Riverside." But it also means that there is plenty of mid-century gospel blues including Thomas A. Dorsey's anthem "Precious Lord," as well as gospel standards lik "Stand By Me," "Steal Away," and "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again."

The effect of this striped down presentation of beautifully recorded repertoire and performance is of a master class in gospel song. You can't go wrong.

Great music!.......2001-07-18

"Godba" (slovenian expression for music) from heaven. No mistakes (OK, Lucky could be a little less nervous sometimes) Highly recommended to all religious and atheist listeners. Mavis rules!

Not really a Lucky Peterson album at all!.......2001-04-18

This album is sub titled "Dedicated to Mahalia Jackson". At the time of recording Mahalia Jackson was badly served by reissues, which is certainly not the case at the time of writing. It would therefore have been appropriate for producer John Synder to approach Mavis Staples with a view to recording some of Miss Jackson's recordings in her own style. The awe in which Mavis Staples held Mahalia Jackson is evident from the sleeve notes - as is the strength with which Pops Staples held the family together. Lucky Peterson gets to play Hammond B3 and piano as a background to the tracks that were recorded. He does so largely without any frills or blue notes, and strictly to back up "the voice". This is, therefore, a Mavis Staples album. The tracks are all recorded without processing on the voice, except for the very sparing use of double tracking to provide call and response.It's very well done, but is really rather superfluous in view of the ready availability of the originals.

Average customer rating: Now, this is "some REAL singing!"

Legend: The Best of Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson Manufacturer: Music Club Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian & Gospel | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas! ASIN: B000HDR9X6 Release Date: 2006-09-11

Tracks:

1. Go Tell It on the Mountain
2. Amazing Grace
3. How I Got Over
4. Didn't It Rain?
5. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
6. His Eye Is on the Sparrow
7. Move on Up a Little Higher (Part 1)
8. Move on Up a Little Higher (Part 2)
9. Dig a Little Deeper
10. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
11. Hand of God
12. I'm on My Way to Canaan
13. In the Upper Rooms (Parts 1 & 2)
14. Consider Me
15. It Pays to Serve Jesus
16. I'm Glad Salvation Is Free
17. City Called Heaven
18. No Matter How You Pray
19. What Then?
20. I Walked into the Garden
21. Just as I Am
22. Do You Know Him?
23. It's Real
24. Jesus Is with Me
25. Lord's Prayer

Tracks:

1. What Could I Do?
2. Just Over the Hill (Part 1)
3. Just Over the Hill (Part 2)
4. I Can Put My Trust in Jesus
5. Prayer Changes Things
6. Last Mile of the Way
7. There's Not a Friend Like Jesus
8. I Believe
9. Bless This House
10. I'm Getting Nearer My Home
11. Just as I Am
12. Even Me
13. Walking in Jerusalem (Up in Jerusalem)
14. My Story
15. Come to Jesus
16. Tired
17. I Have a Friend
18. Get Away Jordan
19. (I'm Going To) Wait Until My Change Comes
20. Since the Fire Started Burning in My Soul
21. I Gave Up Everything to Follow Him
22. God Spoke to Me
23. He's My Light
24. God's Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares
25. Oh, My Lord

Album Description

Two CD compilation featuring performances by Mahalia Jackson, widely regarded as the best vocalist in the history of Gospel music. With her recordings, she did more to popularize the genre than any other performer, finding fame in the US and throughout Europe. 50 tracks including best-known songs 'The Upper Room', 'Go Tell It On The Mountain', 'Amazing Grace', 'I Can Put My Trust In Jesus' and 'Silent Night'. Music Club. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

Now, this is "some REAL singing!".......2007-05-30

This is one of the finest Mahalia compilations to date. Included in this two-disc set are two selections ("God's Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares" and "Oh, My Lord") from Mahalia's VERY FIRST recording session in 1937. It also includes a complete listing of the composers and recording dates for each of the each of the 50 selections in this set. Mahalia always sang with such strong conviction and you, the "listener" will be lifted through her renditions. Purchase and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

Average customer rating: Mahalia's start at Columbia A WORTHY COMMPILATION Moving hymns by the greatest of all gospel singers! One of my favorites! No hand-clapping here

Amazing Grace Mahalia Jackson Manufacturer: Mca Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Christian & Gospel | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Mahalia Jackson 16 Most Requested Songs Sings America's Favorite Hymns The World's Greatest Gospel Singer Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns ASIN: B000002QEU Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

1. Amazing Grace
2. Did You Know Him
3. I Believe
4. If You See My Saviour
5. I'm Going To Tell God
6. In My Home Over There
7. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
8. Shall I Meet You Over Yonder
9. Since The Fire Started
10. I'm Going To Wait Until My Change Comes

Customer Reviews:

Mahalia's start at Columbia.......2007-01-05

Mahalia had just left Apollo when she made these songs. Apollo music was called at that particular time "race records," everything from Mahalia's gospel to Calypso and the list goes on. Naturally Columbia did not know quite what to do with her then. I classify this album as an experimental musical event. It was music alien to Miss Jackson, but after all, she had signed a contract and had a producer over her. In her autobiography she would moan about being forced to sing drivel. She complained about missing her old southern, soulful sound. I've always admired Mahalia for trying new things. She despised the old hit "Rusty Old Halo," but white people loved it then. She, like Nat King Cole, was a cross-over singer at a time when whites dominated entertainment and television. Mahalia used to sing in the fifties and sixties on New York and Hollywood variety hour shows. She complained then about being stuck between clowns and elephant acts. "How am I going to bring out the Message," she would cry. Well, she did. She did for all time. She approached different genres, sometimes with trepidation and anxiety, but she plowed ahead. She was not always satisfied, but she touched the hearts of people without realizing perhaps that she had done so. What a feat! Mahalia has fantastic performances out there: Lincoln Center, Europe, Newport, Percy Faith and so on. Then there are really nice ones with a different twist. I put this one in that latter category. Her voice is marvellous. . . the three star rating I attribute more to the repertoire and vocal backings, dated and pure fifties. You either like it or you don't, but remember that Mahalia was doing her job. I think she did a good job here. The civil rights issues of those times are reflected in some songs here. She was working through history in the form of music, striving to unite people and foster understanding. People nowadays would do well to make that transfer into society today.

A WORTHY COMMPILATION.......2006-01-04

Before the Legazy's new reproduction came out CBS Special Products, not Columbia Records brought out this superb disc of Mahalia's early 50ies recordings that were not even reissued on LP, long out of print tracks, yes even unpublished songs like the version of Amazing Grace or Somebody Bigger Than You And I, Impatient Heart and Lead On.
A real 'PRE-LEGACY' from CBS SPECIAL PRODUCTS!

Moving hymns by the greatest of all gospel singers!.......2004-07-26

Some of the reviewers here reject this album because it's not 'toe-tappin' gospel music, but (pardon me for saying so), they are confused a bit about the genre. This is an album of hymns, not 'spirituals' or what we have come to think of as gospel songs. Comparing 'I Believe,' the most moving of all hymns, IMO, with 'Walk in Jerusalem' is like comparing a gentle road trip through Italy with racing in the Indy 500. Hymns are supposed to be moving, not toe-tapping. Songs like 'I Believe,' one song alone that makes this CD worth owning, are meant to be deep statments of faith. It moves me every time, and I'm an agnostic, and plan to remain so. Don't get me wrong. I love up-tempo songs like 'I'm on my Way.' I just wouldn't compare it with 'Amazing Grace.'

If you love the sonorous, emotionally-charged sound of Mahalia's voice at its best, check out this CD!

One of my favorites!.......2004-06-29

Whether or not the background music is adequate is inconsequential to me. Mahalia Jackson has moved me to tears (Somebody Bigger Than You and I), and elation (There Is No Color Line Around The Rainbow). The songs she sings on this album are some of my all time favorite performances.

No hand-clapping here.......2004-06-23

Sorry, this is not the mahalia jackson I remember...no enthusiasm. You don't get the urge to clap or sing-along like you do at a black baptist revival meetin'. I'm still looking for that experience; welcome a suggestion.

Average customer rating: What to hear Mahalia MOVE a crowd THIS is the one to have in your collection ONE OF COLUMBIA'S LEGACY HIGHLIGHTS--IN MY OPINION THE BEST REAL REISSUE It's all Good, even when it's so-so Awesome Poor Sound Quality Undercuts A Brilliant Performance

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Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. An Evening Prayer
3. A City Called Heaven
4. I'm On My Way
5. It Don't Cost Very Much
6. Didn't It Rain
7. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
8. When The Saints Go Marching In
9. I'm Goin' To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song
10. Keep Your Hand On The Plow
11. The Lord's Prayer
12. Walk Over God's Heaven
13. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
14. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
15. His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Amazon.com essential recording

It was 1958 at the Newport Jazz Festival, and the announcer said it all: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is Sunday, and it is time for the World's Greatest Gospel Singer, Miss Mahalia Jackson." And, with that all-too-appropriate introduction, Jackson broke into a stirring rendition of "An Evening Prayer" that set the tone for a classic performance. Over the course of her 45-minute set, she performed pop-tinged numbers ("Didn't It Rain"), a few trad tunes ("I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song"), and songs immersed with soul ("Keep Your Hand on the Plow"). On all of these numbers, Jackson's voice rang loud and clear, backed simply by piano and organ. Recorded at a time when her longtime fans were questioning her increasing fame and popularity, the "Queen of Gospel" proved shiningly, once again, that she still knew how to use her God-given gift of voice. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

What to hear Mahalia MOVE a crowd THIS is the one to have in your collection.......2006-08-25

This is Mahalia Jackson at the peak of her career, And of all places the Newport Jazz Festival. Known for Jazz & Blues...Listen to what Mahalia does simply singing Gospel!!! The crowd was MOVED! And you will be too!

ONE OF COLUMBIA'S LEGACY HIGHLIGHTS--IN MY OPINION THE BEST REAL REISSUE.......2006-01-04

Here we hear the great artist in an original-restaured recording of the 1958 NEWPORT FESTIVAL, being in good form and having a great athmosphare.
Fortunately COLUMBIA-LEGACY found the original tapes and went on to restaure the real tapes, giving up the company's old goal to mix the live-recordings with studio-cuts to commercialize it.
Thank God the Legacy producers gave us back a time-document so precious and unique and i pray for more such holy sounds.

It's all Good, even when it's so-so.......2005-11-07

The Queen of Gospel sings live in 1958 long before there was "MTV Unplugged". Most of the tracks are clear but a few clearly show what happens in a live concert when Ms. Jackson steps away from the microphone or claps. It's raw, powerful and un-choreographed and that's what makes this album a one of a kind. Need further proof, listen to the cheers of "more" and "Brava" at the end of tracks "Didn't It Rain" and "The Lord's Prayer". If you want a clear track of "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", sorry but you'll need to buy something else of Ms. Jackson.

Awesome.......2004-12-18

Man o Man! You just have to hear this! It starts out saying, Today is Sunday and we've got the greatest Gospel Singer in the world! WOW is right! Then at the end when you hear the crowd cheering her on, it's so moving it'll make you cry.

Poor Sound Quality Undercuts A Brilliant Performance.......2004-06-13

Born to a poor family in 1911 in New Orleans, Mahalia Jackson grew up singing in her father's church--and soaking up the blues and jazz for which that city is so famous. By the late 1920s she was in Chicago, where her distinctly jazz and blues-inflected singing style nearly got her thrown out of the Greater Salem Baptist Church. But Mahalia persevered, and in the early 1950s a series of radio and television broadcasts launched her first to national and then international acclaim. Some thirty years after her death in 1972, she is still considered the single greatest gospel singer America has ever produced.

I discovered Jackson in a serious way a year or so ago, and since then I have gone out of my way to purchase every one of her recordings that comes my way: if ever God gave breath to a gospel singer, it was to this woman, and her voice grabs you and rings you like a great bell. And after reading several commentaries on the brilliance of her 1958 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, I was particularly eager to have this one.

Sad to say, the sound quality of this recording is very, very bad. Truth be said, you can actually hear the roars of the audience with greater clarity than you can hear Jackson--and given the power of her voice that is an astonishing thing. At times it sounds as if Jackson and the microphone are at opposite ends of the stage; at other times it sounds for all the world as if Jackson is singing inside a barrel. And more than anything, the recording leaves me with a tremendous frustration--for in its occasional moments of clarity it is very obvious that Jackson was giving a truly brilliant performance.

For all the frustration involved, I do not regret this purchase. If nothing else, it gives one a very clear idea of how Jackson interacted with her audience. But even so, this not a recording I would recommend to someone just beginning to explore the work of this unique and extraordinary artist. Let it be among the last purchases of her work you make.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

Average customer rating: God put a Rainbow in the Sky>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Sings America's Favorite Hymns Mahalia Jackson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Amazing Grace Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas! 16 Most Requested Songs The Best of Mahalia Jackson ASIN: B0000024XG Release Date: 1989-08-24

Tracks:

1. Search Me Lord
2. Lord, Don't Let Me Fail
3. The Old Rugged Cross
4. The Upper Room
5. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
6. Without God I Could Do Nothing
7. Take My Hand Precious Lord
8. It Don't Cost Very Much
9. Were You There?
10. Calvary
11. Didn't It Rain
12. Go Tell It On The Mountain
13. Walk Over God's Heaven
14. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
15. Rock Of Ages
16. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
17. There Is A Balm In Gilead
18. Trouble Of The World
19. Elijah Rock

Customer Reviews:

God put a Rainbow in the Sky>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.......2001-09-18

We have to appreciate the Elder and Mature... Because when it came to Gospel this is it. Now we have music that makes you want to do the bump/grind... There should always be clarity when sing about The Lord. I have heard contempory artist say "We have to bring the Lord down to the Lord..No we have to bring ourselves up to meet his standards.. Ms. Jackson, can sang and you will be touched

Average customer rating: From the Depths of Suffering, Emerges Joy An early MJ album: 1 of 2 top recommends in her discography One of the finest vocal performances ever recorded

The World's Greatest Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson Manufacturer: Sony Special Product ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best Loved Spirituals Amazing Grace The Best of Mahalia Jackson Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns 16 Most Requested Songs ASIN: B000002Y4G Release Date: 1992-07-07

Tracks:

1. I'm Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song
2. When I Wake Up In Glory
3. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
4. Oh Lord Is It I?
5. I Will Move On Up A Little Higher
6. When The Saints Go Marching In
7. Jesus
8. Out Of The Depths
9. Walk Over God's Heaven
10. Keep Your Hand On The Plow
11. Didn't It Rain

Customer Reviews:

From the Depths of Suffering, Emerges Joy.......2007-02-07

The great thing about Mahalia Jackson, is that you don't have to be a fan of gospel music to enjoy her work. Like a great Opera, or an abstract work of art, she is something to be appreciated on many levels...a pure, powerful voice...one of the greatest voices ever to be recorded.

"The World's Greatest Gospel Singer" is Mahalia Jackson as she was meant to be. This collection, with all songs performed with the Falls-Jones Ensemble, is the kind of bluesy, jazz-inspired and painfully heartfelt gospel music that made Mahalia one of a kind. This is her voice and talent in its purest form, before it was bought and sold to mainstream audiences in the late 1950's. Some of the recording quality isn't quite up to snuff, but it adds to the "rediscovered" feel of this unique style of gospel music, and her voice comes loud and clear no matter what.

Hightlights include:
Track 1: "I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing about in my Song"-a bold and powerful stance against hypocrisy.
Track 3: "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well"-a great old-timey tune.
Track 5: "I Will Move on Up a Little Higher"-a bluesier version of her most famous song.
Track 6: "When the Saints Go Marching In"-a great version of an old song that had even this non-Christian tapping my feet and wanting to dance.
Track 11: "Didn't it Rain"-a definative display of her voice.

An early MJ album: 1 of 2 top recommends in her discography.......2004-08-16

In this recording, you get mono sound only, but who cares? It displays the absolutely sizzling talents of a jazz-inflected gospel backup band, including the redoubtable pianist Mildred Falls whose genius is more or less inseparable from Mahaliah Jackson's genius.

No doubt about it, these players cook bacon while they juggle musical chairs. If the hair stands up on the back of your neck all the way through this CD, then good for you. It just means you are getting it. Of course, center of the holy musical storm is Mahaliah Jackson herself.

With her incredibly physical, mezzosoprano-range voice, she can do whatever she wants. She can trumpet, lift, pray, whisper, or shout with the best of them. She is living the life she sings about in her song, and she is singing the life she lives. Many of these versions of these songs have never been better sung, or captured in gospel recording history.

Listen to what she and the group do on a song called, "Didn't it rain". And when the woman Jesus met at the well goes running into town to talk about her encounter, the music embodies the rush of her inner necessity. This music got feet.

When MJ moves on up a little higher, you simply must trust her to carry you with her. At least let your sad eyes follow her upwards. This song is one of the two that she early recorded as an unknown African American Baptist church singer. It was backed on a two-sided 78 disc with the other big MJ signature song, How I Got Over. I have heard MJ attributed as the author of both songs, but I cannot say that for sure. Whoever wrote either one of them, it is safe to say that MJ made each her own in the most unique and powerful way. In its first release, that 78 rpm disc must have been bought by just about every African American Baptist in the USA, because she sold 3 million copies. All of a sudden, the music/money people were sniffing down highways and byways to find out who this amazing singer was. It is so characteristic that they had never hear of her. The USA was even more segregated in those years than it can be today. Indeed, one of the key concerns of the big label Columbia, once it signed its contract with MJ was: how can we set her peformances, so that they don't sound too black, so that they cross over successfully to white america?

This early album, however, will have none of that nonsense. The group (including Mildred Falls)is probably the most brilliant backup that MJ ever had on a recording. The only other recording that offers us the pure, unadulterated musical Mahaliah Jackson in her live in Europe concert CD, also (probably temporarily) available on CD. There, she and Mildred Falls are like super-heroines in a Marvel comic, with all sorts of musical magic up their sleeves.

If you have both of these, you have Mahaliah Jackson. This recording is like a drink of cool well water in the back country on a very hot, humid day. You never knew how good pure water could be. In fact, pour me another glass. I am sitting in the shade for a while, feeling the breezes, and listening to the witness this lady sings about what God is doing in her life.

Unlike many forms of religion, MJ believes the kingdom is wide open. Hers is a generous spirit, and so a generous religion. She is not worried about keeping the heavenly treasures under lock and key, lest they be unfairly distributed to beggars or publicans who have not proved their worth in terms of human empires. She sings for anybody who will bother to listen. Like a prophet, she speaks her truth to power. She makes me wonder what life would be like, if we were all speaking more truth, more often, to power.

In any case, get this CD for the music. Its five stars shape some mysterious constellation that is rare and shining as the firmament circles above our heads.

The other must-have MJ recommendation is: MJ Live In Europe concert. It is newly (and probably temporarily) available. Get both. Now. You can learn many of life's lessons from MJ on these two CD's, and have a whale of a good time listening as you learn. Maybe other singers have, in their own ways, reached so high. But nobody has surpassed MJ. She is the real deal. I think I get just a tad more real, when I listen to her. If the destination is the journey, then MJ offers us the best kind of traveling music. Highly recommended. Get it before it's gone again.

One of the finest vocal performances ever recorded.......1999-07-12

This magnificant work of art, produced by Geroge Avakian in the mid 1950's, contains one of the finest vocal performances ever committed to record, irrespective of musical genre. Accompanied brilliantly by the jazz/blues influenced Fall-Jones Ensemble, Jackson delivers a remarkable reading of African-American spirituals, including some of her own compositions. A recording for the ages, delivered superlatively by one of the greatest voices of the 20th century. In short, a masterpiece.

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