“I Wanna Thank You”
The Clark Sisters, Kierra Sheard, J Moss
From Silky Soul Music…An All-Star Tribute to Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
Brantera Music Group 2009
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“I Wanna Thank You” may belong to Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, but the song’s arrangement on this tribute is 100 percent Clark: bright, high harmonies; solo turns by each singer; and Karen Clark-Sheard’s glass-shattering notes at the end.
Three generations of Clark/Moss singing stars, recording in July 2009 in Detroit with Grammy-winning producer Donald Lawrence at the helm and Chicago’s Daniel Weatherspoon as musical director, take this 1983 song from Maze’s We Are One LP a notch or two higher in inspirational intensity.
The song is part of Silky Soul Music…An All-Star Tribute to Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly. Other album contributors paying musical tribute to Maze include Musiq Soulchild, Avant and Mary J. Blige. The album has been nominated for a 2009-10 Stellar Award in the Special Event CD of the Year category. Surprisingly, it’s the first time in his forty-year career that Frankie Beverly has been nominated for a music award. Talk about long overdue.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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