Plans for the 5th Annual All-Star Gospel Brunch are underway and the big event is going down in Dallas, TX during the 59th NBA All-Star Weekend. The brunch will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2010.
Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, James Fortune & FIYA, Ricardo Sanchez and Angella Christie are slated to perform for the event, while Paula White and Jonathan Slocumb will serve as co-hosts.
For more details, visit http://www.allstargospelbrunch.com/.
Hey y’all. Check out Jazz Gospel Central, a new website for folks who love jazz, gospel, and the combination of the two. It’s a well-done, comprehensive site that provides some history of the genre, interviews with jazz gospel greats, upcoming events, and even tips for musicians.
Outside of Ben Tankard, Angella Christie, Jeff Majors and Kirk Whalum, I am admittedly ignorant about jazz gospel. It may be because I always think of jazz gospel as that music they play at church banquets before the program gets started, or when the fashion show happens. Every time I hear it, I instinctively want to ask somebody to pass the rolls… 
So, I’ma have to check it out and step up my game cuz there’s already too much division within the genre of “gospel” music. And these folks truly are musical powerhouses. Real jazz is HARD to play and you’ve gotta know all types of music theory and what not to be authentic. So, let’s support it. We’re broadening our horizons, people!
