Mahalia Jackson è stata una figura fondamentale per la formazione musicale di Aretha Franklin, che dalla sua voce e dalla sua forza espressiva trasse profonda ispirazione. Scomparsa il 27 gennaio 1972, la ricordiamo anche per la memorabile scena nel film Lo specchio della vita. #MahaliaJackson #GospelLegend #GospelMusic #BlackGospel #SoulRoots #ArethaFranklin #QueenOfSoul #MusicalHeritage #VoiceOfGod #TimelessVoice #MusicHistory #AfricanAmericanMusic #SoulInfluence #MusicLegacy #FilmHistory #LoS

"I think she's the greatest artist God ever created, and I think she's the greatest artist that America has ever given to the world...she is a national treasure. But, more importantly, she was a champion for women's rights, civil rights, and human rights." -Frank Malfitano, founder and director of Jazz Fest Frank Malfitano met Aretha during a Civil Rights march with Dr. King, where she performed alongside Mahalia Jackson. Their paths crossed again several years later when Frank was in Aretha's h

#MusicisFaith ▶ Mahalia Jackson, the “Queen of Gospel,” performed a powerful rendition of “Amazing Grace” on the “Johnny Cash Show” in 1971. As someone who dedicated her life to gospel music, Jackson may have felt at home on set at the “Johnny Cash Show” — it was taped at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, which had opened as a gospel tabernacle and decades later maintained its church pews and stained glass windows. Beginning in the 1940s, Jackson was one of the first singers to take gospel out of th

"The Lord's Prayer" by Mahalia Jackson , Live Newport Jazz Festival 1958 From the "Jazz on a Summer's Day"(1960) a documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, co-filmed and co-directed by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern and director Aram Avakian, who also edited the movie. It was written by Albert D'Annibale and Arnold Perl. The Columbia Records jazz producer, George Avakian, was the musical director of the film. | The World of Jazz - The Original