Black Gospel with piano?

Subject: Black Gospel singing with piano?
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 12 Jun 11 - 01:45 PM

I'm looking for cds featuring black gospel singing with very audible piano accompaniment.
Ideally, I would love just one voice and piano.
I've been searching for such recordings and I'm surprised that there aren't lots out there when you consider that so many great blues/soul artists had a background in gospel. Lots of them played the piano, too. e.g. Ray Charles, Dinah Washington and Aretha Franklin.

Subject: RE: Black Gospel with piano?
From: Stringsinger
Date: 12 Jun 11 - 01:58 PM

Mahalia Jackson with Mildred Falls, accompanist.

Subject: RE: Black Gospel with piano?
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 13 Jun 11 - 03:20 AM

Stringsinger: Thanks for that.

Subject: RE: Black Gospel with piano?
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 13 Jun 11 - 06:12 AM

Take a listen to Arizona Dranes, a wonderful sanctified black pianist, who recorded quite a lot of stuff for OKEH in the 1920s. Her entire output has been reissued on the Document label and I can tell you, it's pretty steaming.

Subject: RE: Black Gospel with piano?
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 13 Jun 11 - 08:04 AM

THere's a lot of black gospel with piano accompaniment, but other than Mahalia and Arizona (who is definitely an acquired taste,) no individual singers accompanied by just a pianho come to mind. Gospel music is much more of a group creation. Even Mahalia's stripped down recordings often had drums and a stand-up bass playing with the piano. Her recordings are still the best suggestion I can think of.