Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns [Box set]

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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

Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns, Music, Mahalia Jackson, Black Gospel, Gospel, Gospel/Christian Music, Pop, Spirituals, Traditional Gospel, United States of America, Vocals

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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
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Tracks:

Didn't It Rain
My God Is Real (Yes, God Is Real)
Walk Over God's Heaven
If I Can Help Somebody
Come On Children, Let's Sing
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
I Found The Answer
It Is Well With My Soul
Great Gettin' Up In The Morning
You Must Be Born Again
Elijah Rock
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
A Satisfied Mind
Keep Your Hand On The Plow
Roll, Jordan, Roll
Calvary
In My Home Over There
I Will Move On Up A Little Higher

Tracks:

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

Amazon.com essential recording

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.

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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
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Tracks:

Walk In Jerusalem
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I Don't Want To Be Lost
Were You There?
What Manner Of Man Is This
I'm Glad About It
There Is A Balm In Gilead
How I Got Over
I've Been Buked
I Love The Lord
Come On Up To Bright Glory
God Is So Good (To Me)
Just A Little While To Stay Here
In Times Like These
How Great Thou Art
Let The Church Roll On

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It Don't Cost Very Much
To Me It's So Wonderful
When I Wake Up In Glory
I Want My Crown
Speak Lord Jesus
He Calmed The Ocean
I Couldn't Keep It To Myself
Then The Answer Came
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Have You Any Time For Jesus
Sign Of The Judgement
No Other Help I Know
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My Desire
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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...

Witness: What a Mighty God - Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus

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Historically important choral music, wonderfully performed!

Witness: What a Mighty God - Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus
James Bohn , Michael Jorgenson , Steve Burger , Gordon Johnson , Jay Young , Michael Abels , Dale Adelmann , Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh , Brazeal W. Dennard , Adolphus Hailstork , Jester Hairston , Jack Halloran , Robert A. Harris , Moses Hogan , Sanford Moore , Robert Scholz , Richard Smallwood , William Henry Smith , Andre Thomas , Philip Brunelle , Sigrid Johnson , Joe Pulice , Robert Commodore , Charles Kemper , Yolanda Williams , Brian Link , Vocal Essence , and VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
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Witness: Jack Halloran
Hush! Somebodys CallinMy Name: Arranged by Brazeal W. Dennard
Death Is Gonna Lay His Cold Icy Hands on Me: Arranged by Andrhomas
Walk Together, Children: Arranged by William Henry Smith
Were You There?: Arranged by Robert Scholz
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Go,Tell It on the Mountain: Arranged by Sanford Moore
What a Mighty God : Arranged by Michael Abels

Album Description

Stirring spirituals and rousing gospel melodies sung by the superb voices of VocalEssence conducted by the renowned conductor Philip Brunelle, joined by vocal jazz ensemble Moore by Four.

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Historically important choral music, wonderfully performed!.......2004-05-25

For over 10 years, The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Chorus (conducted by Philip Brunelle) has presented an enduring series of concerts showcasing the talents of trailblazing African American composers. Now this wealth of music is available outside the concert hall through a series of recordings called WITNESS.

WHAT A MIGHTY GOD presents 20th Century choral arrangements of music from the African American spiritual tradition rooted in spirituals and gospels, including Harry T. Burleigh's "My Lord, What a Mornin'" (1929), "Walk Together Children" (William Henry Smith, 1937) and more contemporary composers like Sanford Moore's "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (1993.)

There are excellent notes about the genre, however, in light of the historical significance of this music I'm surprised and disappointed to find no biographical information about the composers, not even birth and/or death dates, with this CD. I feel this is a crucial component in an "outreach" project like this, especially since most of these composers are not well known. Still I highly recommend it for the music alone.

The other three CDs are available as single titles, or in the boxed set THE WITNESS COLLECTION which includes:

WHAT A MIGHTY GOD: Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus
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excellent music

Gospels & Spirituals
Golden Gate Quartet
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Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
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Sun Don't Shine
Didn't It Rain?
He Never Said a Mumblin' World
Every Time That I Feel the Spirit
Ol' Man Mose
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I Looked Down the Road and Wondered
Pure Religion
Saints Go Marching In
Rock My Soul
God Almighty Said
Motherless Child
John the Revelator
Golden Gate Gospel Train
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Born Ten Thousand Years Ago

Tracks:

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God's Gonna Cut 'Em Down
Daniel Saw the Stone
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Jezebel
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Lead Me on and On
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Golden Gate Quartet review.......2005-09-30

First heard their sounds during WWII, the Golden Gate Quartet introduced me to the wonderful rhythms and blends of gospel and spiritual music. Love this collection, but wish it had two I remember from way back when - "Dip Your Fingers In the Water" and "Dem Bones". Otherwise, a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

excellent music.......2004-04-04

Well, I'm not an expert in gospel music or the Golden Gate Quartet. But this is great music. A few years ago I pirated a copy of "Swing Down, Chariot" on Napster, and I loved it. I could only find a few more songs by these guys there, but I liked them all. For several years they stayed in the back of my mind while I was buying rock, rap, country and folk cds, but finally I couldn't resist anymore and I bought this cd.

The music is fun, and the singers are incredibly talented. This had to be some of the most entertaining music of the 1940s; I wish I could go back then to sit next to a radio and hear how it sounded when they were pioneers.

Hey, if you're not into old music, you might enjoy this anyway. Especially if you enjoy Moby, you can hear their influence on him.

Of course there are a lot of other Golden Gate albums and collections available, but if you can't make up your mind, you can get this one with confidence. It has a great selection of music, all of their biggest hits, from throughout their career. The sound quality is excellent. If there is any problem, it is that the "20 page booklet" with "rare photos" has about a sentence on each page, and maybe six photos. Yes, the booklet is disappointing, but the music is great.

Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns
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Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns
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