“Just Can’t Tell It All” – James Jackson & Atlanta Praise

“Just Can’t Tell It All”
James Jackson & Atlanta Praise
From the International Sound Music Entertainment CD Thank You (2009)
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Derrick Stevenson and Puretonez Productions are the wind behind the sails of gospel singer (Derrick’s wife) Monica Lisa Stevenson. The Puretonez team also produced this gem from James Jackson and Atlanta Praise.

“Just Can’t Tell It All” jumps and swings with a hep cat rhythm. Atlanta Praise scats and handclaps and testifies and teaches and punctuates its message with full-throated jazz harmonies. After the group’s evangelistic call to Christ, the tenacious backbeat that holds things together gives way to a downright sanctified praise break. The production is as smooth as the group’s vocal delivery.

While the group is “Atlanta Praise,” James Jackson himself grew up in Los Angeles, where as a young musician he was mentored by the late Rev. Robert Henry of the Los Angeles Voices of Watts and the late Rev. James Cleveland.