Product Description This celebrated gospel singing group from Chicago rose to fame during 'the Golden Age of Gospel' (1945-65) and became popular recording artists. The three sisters, Evelyn (alto, piano), Mildred (soprano) and Geraldine (tenor/piano), with their younger brother Donald (tenor) was a multitalented family out of the sanctified church. It was Evelyn, the oldest sister, who developed a skill to work standard Protestant hymns into rhythmically exciting gospel songs. As a youth she had accompanied Mahalia Jackson. While sister Mildred's lyrical soprano was equal to Delois Barrett or Marion Williams, sister Geraldine's executions at the piano rendered her the title, 'the Erroll Garner of Gospel'. Little brother Donald became a singing pastor at an early age. His fiery preaching and catchy singing is featured on the latter part of the CD. But it is Evelyn's moving, sonorous solo voice that is heard on the majority of the tracks, when she is not harmonizing with her sisters. Gospel Friend Records has selected the Gay Family's most stirring performances, covering the period 1948-1977, from their recordings for major companies like Savoy, Chess/Checker and Peacock/Song Bird, as well as for local labels. Informative booklet notes by Robert Sacré. Review Thanks to Per Notini and Gospel Friend Records, a collection of classic Gay Family recordings from the 1940s to the 1970s are commercially available on CD for the first time...you will be pleased to listen to them cleanly remastered ...Robert Sacré's liner notes, informed by a lengthy interview with Donald Gay, are fascinating... a marvelous tribute to the Gay Sisters...Five of Five Stars. --Bob Marovich, theblackgospelblog.com (September 27, 2012)...this CD swings and rocks in the old gospel way. The Gay Sisters were great vocalists, too...Great job, Slim and Sacré. --Kevin Nutt, Sinner's Crossroad, WFMU, Montgomery, Ala.What an achievement! This is your greatest release, because it finally places the Gay family in musical history. Even I hadn't heard half of the material...You captured it. It's the essence of sure nuff sanctified gospel. --Anthony Heilbut, author of The Gospel Sound and The Fan Who Knew Too Much (October 2012)
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Hallielugah! Loved this cd. It was right on time. Though I know it did cover all the songs the Gay Sisters composed and sung, it still a good job in highlighting chronologically the songs that helped them rises to fame. No money wasted here. An excellent selection made here.
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40～50年代に録音されたゴスペル・アルバムをアマゾンで探していた時に偶然見つけたアルバムです。ゴスペル・コミュニティーでは大変知られたゴスペル・ファミリーだったそうです。アルバムは彼らが皆で活動していた時に録音したアルバム(1943-1977)から27曲（合計時間７８：３６）が選ばれています。聴いてみて、彼らの音楽性と敬虔さに驚かされます。歌声からも、演奏からも、汚らしさを感じません。無理していないのに迫力があります。表紙の三姉妹は音才に長け、コーラスとピアノ・オルガンを担当しています。アルバムの解説（英語）によると、母親はシカゴの黒人教会社会の霊的指導者で、マヘリヤ・ジャクスンも若かりし頃にお世話になりました。他に息子さんが二人いるのですが、お兄さんの方はジャズ演奏者として活躍されました。ソニー・ロリンズも彼らと家族のような親交関係を持っているとのこと。そして末っ子の息子さんは4歳の時に説教者としてデビュー。家族が所属する教会の団体では女性牧師が認められていないために、特例として、その息子さんが14歳の時に母親が開いた教会の牧師となり、現在に至っています。このアルバムにも彼の歌う曲が含まれています。男性のゴスペル・シンガーが怒鳴るような声で歌うのが私には耳障りに感じてしまうのですが、彼の声には柔和さが感じられるので好きです。
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