Up Above My Head (There's Music in the Air)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1956 · Gospel chanté et guitaré par Tharpe

Context

Track 7 of the album Gospel Train by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, recorded on 2 and 5 July 1956 at Mercury Sound in New York and released on Mercury in December 1956. Billboard praised the album's rhythm and energy at the time.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Gospel. Among the origins and influences of Gospel: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down (1956)
• Strange Things Happening Every Day (1944)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com
• EN: Gospel Train (album)

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