Liner Notes
Cat. No. 80224
Release Date: 1978-07-01
James Baldwin, the best-known literary offspring of the black church, detects in the moans and shouts of gospel music, a note "tart and ironic, authoritative and double-edged" (The Fire Next Time). Even more, in singers who exult "I gave up everything to follow Him," Baldwin hears a note profoundly "sensual," assuming as he does that to be sensual is to be immediately present in the world. These are surely the attributes of great art, but very seldom of post-Renaissance religious music. And though the subject matter and performing situation of black gospel are religious, its appeal transcends sectarian barriers. At its best, as in the classic performances included here, gospel allows its practitioners the widest range of emotional expression. For almost two hundred years of segregation, the gospel church has been a homeland of the soul, a folk theater, a community center, and a house of worship. The gospel sound has become the dominant vocal influence on contemporary soul music and has helped provide the rhythmic and theatrical impulse of rock. But it is gospel, not as protojazz or prerock but as a distinctive sound with a very special story, that this album celebrates. — Anthony Heilbut, from the liner notes
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