Mahalia Jackon In That Great Gettin' Up Morning

[NiTAP00H96]

I love Mahalia Jackson! Her style and her whole persona is so classy!

[simplycharming46]

This was awesome... Mahalia Jackson was in a class all by herself!!

[62Elvis]

fantastic

[marioparty1234]

That Note She Hits at The End Just Gives Me Chills .

[jfstrain1]

thanks for posting. great.

[nellie2581]

I love Mahalia Jackson and her interpretation, reprise and remake of gospel, negro sprituals, psalms and secular songs.

[romyoe]

This is the best version from Mahalia captured on video/audio. Does anyone know if Mildred was playing? It sounds like her style, but yet a little different. Thank you for posting.

[1joker88]

Yes that's Mildred Falls on the piano.

[Rowoches]

@romyoe: I agree. This is my favorite rendition of this song.

[khalil4ulove]

@romyoe here's how to know if Mildred Falls is playing: Mildred always accents Mahalia's phrasing with the piano as if Mahalia is singing with a quartet group. Edward Robinson doesn't do that he is not as finessed as Mildred was. Mildred Falls always has a beat that is out of this world.

[1joker88]

@khalil4ulove Great observation. I look at it this way. Mahalia's three main pianists: Mildred, Eddie, and Gwen Lightner, all came in at just the right moments. By the mid-sixties, Mildred's quartet sound that had been popular in the 50's was out-dated and Eddie's strong, up-beat church sound was perfect. By the late 60's, Gwen's more pop-gospel with blends of the traditional sound ( I place her in between Ed' and Mil') was needed.

[romyoe]

@khalil4ulove I agree. You and 1joker88 give a much better description than me. I simply say if Mahalia was a hand, Mildred would be her glove. She flowed with Mahalia on every word. The others were more like mittens.

[Rowoches]

Thankyou for loading this! I was actually gonna do this same recording a while ago. I think this is the best version!

[1joker88]

I thought I was the only one who hooked up mics to laptops and put them in front of speakers...

[Rowoches]

Lol. No, you're not the only one. Many people on here do that. What I actually do though is hook my DVD player/VCR into my stereo system and record it on a cassette and then transfer to mp3.

[1joker88]

How do you do the cassette to mp3?

[Rowoches]

I have a cord that came with my converting machine and I just connect the cassette player to my computer.

[1joker88]

"Converting machine." If only more churches had those...