Gospel Music

“Too Hot to Handel” Indescribable, Says Pianist Alvin Waddles: “You Have to Experience It”

2022-12-13T19:15:52-06:00December 2nd, 2022|

Nineteen years ago, Suzanne Mallare Acton, music director and conductor of Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah, was in a real jam. Her pianist, Detroit jazz legend Harold McKinney, pulled out of the jazz-gospel interpretation of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah just days before opening night. Needing a musician who could read a score and improvise, she picked up the phone and called the one pianist she knew could fill both bills: Alvin Waddles.

The 65th Grammy Nominees in Gospel/Christian Are…

2022-11-29T19:23:40-06:00November 15th, 2022|

Best Gospel Performance/Song:• PositiveErica Campbell; Erica Campbell, Warryn Campbell & Juan Winans, songwriters• When I PrayDOE; Dominique Jones & Dewitt Jones, songwriters• KingdomMaverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore & Jacob Poole, songwriters• The Better BenedictionPJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers [...]

Brent Jones – Nothing Else Matters (Instead of Complaining, Praise Him)

2022-11-29T19:37:25-06:00November 9th, 2022|

Recorded at Greater Bethel Cathedral in Los Angeles, Nothing Else Matters (Instead of Complaining, Praise Him) finds singer-songwriter Brent Jones completely at ease in the live environment, interacting with the audience, kidding around with the Best Life Choir, exhorting excitedly one minute, somberly devout the next.

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