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Newport 1958 is a live album documenting Mahalia Jackson's appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island in July 1958. Released by Columbia Records, it presents Jackson with pianist Mildred Falls and organist Lilton Mitchell before a festival audience more commonly associated with jazz. Th...
Mahalia Jackson's landmark early-1950s recording for Apollo Records, widely regarded as one of the most influential and best-selling gospel albums ever made.
A Mahalia Jackson gospel album named after one of her signature songs, documenting her mastery of traditional African American sacred music and the Baptist church tradition.
A Columbia Records album by Mahalia Jackson featuring her powerful contralto voice on a collection of hymns and spirituals from her prolific 1950s recording period.
Come On Children, Let's Sing is a gospel album by American singer Mahalia Jackson, released during the 1960s. It presents Jackson's contralto voice in a program of Christian devotional material rooted in African American gospel and spiritual traditions. The recording is intended for listeners intere...
New Orleans Opera, founded in 1943, performs in a city with one of the longest operatic traditions in North America, with documented performances dating to the early 1800s.
