"Actor: Mahalia Jackson"

• Jazz On A Summer's Day | Blu Ray | (20/09/2021) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Newport Jazz Festival was created in 1954 by Rhode Island socialites Elaine and Louis Lorillard, and it couldn't have come at a better time in history. With a few exceptions, the big band jazz scene had waned in the early 1950s and, in its place, smaller groups and solo performers took centre stage, which suited the nature of a festival perfectly, and Newport achieved immediate success. By its fifth edition, the talent lineup reflected Newport's status as one of the pre-eminent music festivals in the US. Photographer Bert Stern and director-editor Aram Avakian's film of the 1958 iteration of the festival captures many of the key performances across its four-day affair. Performers included Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan and Art Farmer, Chico Hamilton and Eric Dolphy, Anita O'Day, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong and the extraordinary Mahalia Jackson, who would go on to give one of the most moving performances at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, featured in the documentary of that event, Summer of Soul. A key element of Jazz on a Summer's Day, which would come to inspire subsequent concert films, was its focus on the audience. Through cutaways interspersed throughout the performances, the filmmakers present a time capsule of the US as it edged towards the New Frontier of the Kennedy era. It was this moment the hope of change that so many jazz artists had been pushing towards. The resulting combination of performance and observation makes Jazz on a Summer's Day one of the greatest concert documentaries ever made. Extras: Audio commentary by music journalist Natalie Weiner Archival interviews with director Bert Stern

• Jazz On A Summer's Day | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival was a true musical watershed, as Jazz on a Summers Day reveals. This 75-minute film captures an event poised on the cusp of a new era, as the cool jazz of Jimmy Guiffre and the effortless scat of Anita ODay intermingle with the hard bop of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and the smouldering fusion overtones of the Chico Hamilton Quintet. Theres a crisp contribution from Chuck Berry, a typically feel-good set from Louis Armstrong--including a hilarious duo with Jack Teagarden--and, as evening shades into night, a heartfelt performance from Mahalia Jackson, closing with a melting rendition of "The Lords Prayer". Bert Stern has assembled all these and more into a satisfying sequence, complete with footage of an enthusiastic and informal audience. Shots of the yachting line-up from the Americas Cup round out a blissful and what now seems blissfully naïve occasion. On the DVD: Colour picture quality has worn well, whereas sound has deteriorated notably at times: Thelonius Monks quarter-tones could easily be a semitone flat! Even so, its worth putting up with this to enjoy a tour through music-making whose relaxed spontaneity would be impossible to emulate today. --Richard Whitehouse

• Jazz On A Summers Day | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival was a true musical watershed, as Jazz on a Summer's Day reveals. This 75-minute film captures an event poised on the cusp of a new era, as the cool jazz of Jimmy Guiffre and the effortless scat of Anita O'Day intermingle with the hard bop of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and the smouldering fusion overtones of the Chico Hamilton Quintet. There's a crisp contribution from Chuck Berry, a typically feel-good set from Louis Armstrong--including a hilarious duo with Jack Teagarden--and, as evening shades into night, a heartfelt performance from Mahalia Jackson, closing with a melting rendition of "The Lord's Prayer". Bert Stern has assembled all these and more into a satisfying sequence, complete with footage of an enthusiastic and informal audience. Shots of the yachting line-up from the America's Cup round out a blissful and what now seems blissfully naïve occasion. On the DVD: Colour picture quality has worn well, whereas sound has deteriorated notably at times: Thelonius Monk's quarter-tones could easily be a semitone flat! Even so, it's worth putting up with this to enjoy a tour through music-making whose relaxed spontaneity would be impossible to emulate today. --Richard Whitehouse

• Mahalia Jackson - Mahalia Jackson Sings | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £7.25   |  Saving you £-1.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This wonderful DVD features 17 musical performances culled from the Mahalia Jackson Sings programme broadcast in 1961 the year she sang at President Kennedy's inauguration. Shot on an oddly appropriate austere German Expressionist set she's backed by piano organ and occasional guitar and drums taking on gospel evergreens like You'll Never Walk Alone and Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.In the year of her death Mahalia was honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition she was posthumously inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame and was the first gospel artist to be inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tracklist: 01: You'll Never Walk Alone 02: Just As I Am 03: Lord Don't Move the Mountain 04: Highway to Heaven 05: The Lord's Prayer 06: Tell It Sing It Shout It 07: The Rosary 08: My Faith Looks Up to Thee 09: Come On Children Let's Sing 10: Somebody Bigger Than You and I 11: I Believe 12: My Lord and I 13: I Asked the Lord 14: Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho 15: God Will Take Care of You 16: Didn't It Rain 17: Throw Out the Lifeline

• Mahalia Jackson - You'll Never Walk Alone | DVD | (13/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.46

  Tracklist:; 1. You'll Never Walk Alone ; 2. Just As I Am ; 3. Lord Don't Move The Mountain ; 4. Highway To Heaven ; 5. The Lord's Prayer ; 6. Tell It, Sing It, Shout It ; 7. The Rosary ; 8. My Faith Looks Up To Thee ; 9. Come On Children, Let's Sing ; 10. Somebody Bigger Than You And I ; 11. I Believe ; 12. My Lord And I ; 13. I Trust In God ; 14. I Asked The Lord ; 15. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho ; 16. God Will Take Care Of Thee ; 17. Didn't It Rain

• Mahalia Jackson - Mahalia Jackson Sings | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Mahalia Jackson is the undisputed Queen Of Gospel. Mahalia was born October 26, 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She loved music from an early age - not only the hymns in her Mount Moriah Baptist Church, but the whole range of music in New Orleans, from the brass bands in the streets, the jazz of Jelly Roll Morton or the recorded blues of Bassie Smith to the uninhibited, emotional singing, clapping and stomping of the many small Pentecostal or Holiness churches.These different musical influences would later flow together in Jackson's gospel songs to create a new form of Black music. The performance on this DVD captures that style and influence.You'll Never Walk AloneJust As I AmLord, Don't Move The MountainHighway To HeavenThe Lord's PrayerTell It! Sing It! Shout It!The RosaryMy Faith Look's Up To TheeCome On Children, Let's SingSomebody Bigger Than You And II BelieveMy Lord And II Ask The LordJoshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho.

• Mahalia Jackson - I Asked the Lord | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  DVD Tracklisting:1. You'll Never Walk Alone2. Just As I Am3. Lord Don't Move The Mountain4. Highway To Heaven5. The Lord's Prayer6. Tell It Sing It Shout It7. The Rosary8. My Faith Look Up To Thee9. Come On Children Let's Sing10. Somebody Bigger Than You And I11. I Believe12. My Lord And I13. I Asked The Lord14. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho15. God Will Take Care Of Thee16. Didn't It RainCD Tracklisting:1. You'll Never Walk Alone2. Just As I Am3. Lord Don't Move The Mountain4. Highway To Heaven5. Tell It Sing It Shout It6. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho7. Didn't It Rain8. Prayer Changes Things9. Dig A Little Deeper (In God's Love)10. I Can Put My Trust In Jesus11. If You See My Savior12. I'm Glad Salvation Is Free13. Shall I Meet You Over Yonder14. There's Not A Friend Like Jesus

• Mahalia Jackson - a Gospel Confession | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Those who witnessed her singing spoke of being taken to a sacred place of the sheet power of her voice of the rapturous transcendent nature of the experience. She was Mahalia Jackson the world's greatest gospel singer and the creator of a musical standard by which all would be judged. Tracklisting: Introduction / Joshua Hit The Battle Of Jericho / When The Saints Go Marching In / In The Garden / Give Me That Old Time Religion / Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / Come On Children Let's Sing / Didn't It Rain / Highway To Heaven / Only Believe / I Found The Answer / The Only Hope We Have / Hallelujah 'Tis Done / Guide Me Oh Thou Great Jehovah / He's Got The Whole World In His Hand / Bless This House / Somebody Bigger Than You And I / I Do Don't You? / Steal Away / God Will Take Care Of You / Sweet Hour Of Prayer / My Lord And I / I'll Never Turn Back No More / So We Trust In You

• Mahalia Jackson - The Power And The Glory | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Those who witnessed her singing spoke of being taken to a sacred place of the sheet power of her voice of the rapturous transcendent nature of the experience. She was Mahalia Jackson the world's greatest gospel singer and the creator of a musical standard by which all would be judged. This documentary follows the course of Mahalia's extraordinary life from her humble beginnings as a sickly child singing the churches of New Orleans through her years in relative obscurity refusin

• Mahalia Jackson - Just As I Am | DVD | (08/03/2005) from £3.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (50.13%)   |  RRP £5.99

  If anybody has doubts as to the origins of soul music then they will find the answers on this DVD by the great Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Soul music could best be described as a secular development of black religious music and many singers including Aretha Frankilin cut their musical teeth listening to Mahalia Jackson. The rich splendour of Jackson's voice pled with her down-home shouting style intensity and rhythmic verve make this DVD a must for Soul and Gospel fans alike. Tracklist: 1. You'll Never Walk Alone 2. Just As I Am 3. Lord Don't Move The Mountain 4. Highway To Heaven 5. The Lord's Prayer 6. Tell It Sing It Shout It 7. The Rosary 8. My Faith Looks Up To Thee 9. Come On Children Let's Sing 10. Somebody Bigger Than You And I 11. I Believe 12. My Lord And I 13. I Asked For The Lord 14. Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho 15. God Will Take Care Of Thee 16. Didn't It Rain

• Jazz On A Summer's Day | DVD | (20/09/2021) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Newport Jazz Festival was created in 1954 by Rhode Island socialites Elaine and Louis Lorillard, and it couldn't have come at a better time in history. With a few exceptions, the big band jazz scene had waned in the early 1950s and, in its place, smaller groups and solo performers took centre stage, which suited the nature of a festival perfectly, and Newport achieved immediate success. By its fifth edition, the talent lineup reflected Newport's status as one of the pre-eminent music festivals in the US. Photographer Bert Stern and director-editor Aram Avakian's film of the 1958 iteration of the festival captures many of the key performances across its four-day affair. Performers included Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan and Art Farmer, Chico Hamilton and Eric Dolphy, Anita O'Day, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong and the extraordinary Mahalia Jackson, who would go on to give one of the most moving performances at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, featured in the documentary of that event, Summer of Soul. A key element of Jazz on a Summer's Day, which would come to inspire subsequent concert films, was its focus on the audience. Through cutaways interspersed throughout the performances, the filmmakers present a time capsule of the US as it edged towards the New Frontier of the Kennedy era. It was this moment - the hope of change - that so many jazz artists had been pushing towards. The resulting combination of performance and observation makes Jazz on a Summer's Day one of the greatest concert documentaries ever made.

• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | DVD | (08/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A