Mahalia Jackson has finally received the book she deserves - thorough, precise, nuanced, and insightful. Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field expands our understanding of this great singer and the religious-musical history that she helped define.
Mark Burford is Associate Professor of Music at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where he is also chair of the American Studies program. His research and teaching focuses on twentieth-century popular music in the United States, with particular focus on African American music after World War II, and late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Austro-German concert music.