With the sad state of gospel singing these days it's good to hear how good her style was. She uses ornaments sparingly as ornaments to emphasize the text, not swooping aimlessly around on every note. It's a rare singer these days who can hit a pitch directly.
"It seems to me that to organize on the basis of feeding people or righting social injustice and all that is very valuable. But to rally people around the idea of modernism, modernity, or something is simply silly. I mean, I don't know what kind of a cause that is, to be up to date. I think it ultimately leads to fashion and snobbery and I'm against it." Jack Levine: January 3, 1915 – November 8, 2010 LEVEL BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Spirituals at Noon - Mahalia Jackson - Soon I Will Be Done With The Trouble Of The World
With the sad state of gospel singing these days it's good to hear how good her style was. She uses ornaments sparingly as ornaments to emphasize the text, not swooping aimlessly around on every note. It's a rare singer these days who can hit a pitch directly.
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