This 1960 album found Jackson in a more relaxed, secular-leaning mode than some of her earlier, more fervent work, though still firmly rooted in gospel. The sessions featured jazz musicians like Kenny Burrell and the instrumental arrangements of producer Carl Burkhardt.
- The album reached number 8 on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart.
- Leverage Records was a subsidiary of Mercury Records.
- It was recorded in New York City in early 1960.
Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer who rose to international fame in the 1950s. By 1960, she was one of the most recognized Black female artists in the world, a voice of both spiritual uplift and the Civil Rights Movement.
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