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Genre:
Gospel
Release Date: 08/20/1996
Run Time: 66:15
If you're looking for something a little less comprehensive and pricey than one of the
Mahalia Jackson box sets, this is the best single-disc compilation of her Columbia recordings, spanning the years 1954-1967 in 66 1/2 minutes. It features some amazing performances, including an April 1961 take of
"How I Got Over" recorded live in Sweden, a few selections from the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, and several tracks featuring
Billy Preston on organ, among them the seven-minute 1963 version of "In The Upper Room."
Jackson is uniformly excellent, and this sampler gives a good sense of the different approaches she took to her music during the Columbia years. Start here, and go on to the more extensive collections.
~William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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