Isbn: 9780226850412 - can i get a witness!: faith, family, and chicago gospel music (chicago visions and revisions) (9 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The remarkable story of pastor Donald Gay and his family's lasting contributions to gospel music and Chicago culture.When the preacher Gregory Donald Gay joined his sisters onstage at Carnegie Hall in 1950, on a sold-out bill they shared with Mahalia Jackson and the Clara Ward Singers, he became a participant in a landmark moment: the first concert in the venue to feature entirely gospel music. He was just five years old.The Gay Sisters--Evelyn, Geraldine, and Mildred--were key figures in gospel's Golden Age, and their youngest brother had a front-row seat. Evelyn and Geraldine each innovated singular approaches to gospel piano, while Mildred sang. Together, they toured and performed on a series of influential gospel recordings from 1948 to 1973, playing the Apollo Theatre and crossing paths with musical luminaries like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sam Cooke, Pops Staples, and Dizzy Gillespie. But despite a hit record and prodigious talent, the Gay Sisters faded from the limelight. In the ensuing years, they weathered personal trials while their mother, Fannie, devoted her attention to another family undertaking: starting a church.Can I Get a Witness! is a call-and-response between Steven B. Dolins, founder of The Sirens Records, and Donald Gay, who vividly describes his boyhood in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood, his family's remarkable place in gospel history, his mother's work as a faith leader, and his own calling as a pastor. The book spotlights the rich contributions of a family remembered not only for the songs they recorded but also for their unwavering kindness to others, a legacy that the legendary Sonny Rollins recounts in a moving foreword.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Can I Get a Witness! | Faith, Family, and Chicago Gospel Music | Gregory Donald Gay (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Chicago Visions and Revisions | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2026 | The University of Chicago Press | EAN 9780226850412 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…