Performing Tonight!!!!

**markydefad** · June 4th, 2003, 03:33 PM

and I can't get ANYONE to go with me..... :evil:

"CHURCH: SONGS OF SOUL AND INSPIRATION": Patti LaBelle, Patti Austin, Chaka Khan, Ann Nesby and Stephanie Mills take the stage with the 17-piece Fire Choir and special guests at 7 p.m. June 4 at House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. For all ages. Celebrities arrive 6:30 p.m. $10 or bring a new, unopened toy for a child age 5-15 and get in free. (323) 848-5100, Ticketmaster, or go to www.hob.com.

Apparently, it' standing room only at the House of Blues...and my crowd needs to SIT these days!!!!! :roll:

**markydefad** · June 4th, 2003, 05:45 PM

It's a promo spot for the CD-- "Church: Songs of Soul & Inspiration"

1. It's Sacred: Church performed by Angelou, Dr. Maya - 3:15
2. The Wonder of You performed by Jennifer Holliday - 4:50
3. Way Up There performed by Patti LaBelle - 5:06
4. Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) performed by Stephanie Mills - 4:41
5. How Deep Is Your Love performed by En Vogue - 5:05
6. You Gotta Be performed by Patti Austin - 4:57
7. His Eye Is on the Sparrow performed by Shirley Caesar - 4:31
8. As performed by Fire Choir - 4:58
9. Love Me Still performed by Chaka Khan - 3:30
10. Ave Maria performed by Denyce Graves - 4:52
11. Ooh Child performed by Nnenna Freelon - 5:15
12. What the World Needs Now Is Love performed by Dionne Warwick - 4:48
13. A Song for You performed by Ann Nesby - 5:28
14. Way Up There performed by Fire Choir - 4:36
15. Reprise performed by Angelou, Dr. Maya - 1:17

Billy Preston - Organ (Hammond)
Gerald Albright - Saxophone
Ron Boustead - Mastering
Tim Heintz - Organ, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, String Arrangements
Toni Morrison - Liner Notes
Morgan Ames - Music Preparation
Terry Bradford - Choir, Chorus
Alex Brown - Choir, Chorus
Carmen Carter - Choir, Chorus
Alvin Chea - Choir, Chorus
Luis Conte - Percussion
Mathew Cooker - Strings
Larry Corbett - Strings
Cedric Dent
Stefanie Fife - Strings
Willie Ford - Art Direction
Wendy Fraser - Choir, Chorus
Grant Geissman - Guitar (Acoustic)
Jim Gilstrap - Choir, Chorus
James Harrah - Guitar
Dorian Holley - Choir, Chorus
Norman Hughes - Strings
Luana Jackman - Choir, Chorus
Clydene Jackson - Choir, Chorus
Peter Kent - Strings
Mark Kibble
Gina Kronstadt - Strings
Ricky Lawson - Drums
Gabriel Moffat - Mixing
Bobbi Page - Choir, Chorus
Kayla Parker - Choir, Chorus
David Perry - Arranger, Executive Producer
Greg Phillinganes - Piano, Arranger, Keyboards
Vladimir Polimatidi - Strings
David Stenske - Strings
Larry Tuttle - Strings, String Arrangements
Carmen Twillie - Arranger, Conductor, Choir, Chorus
Oren Waters - Choir, Chorus
John Wittenberg - Strings
Terry Wood - Choir, Chorus
Mona Lisa Young - Choir, Chorus
Maxine Waters - Choir, Chorus
Susan Chatman - Strings
Rob Lorentz - Strings
Edmund Stein - Strings
Waters, Julia - Choir, Chorus
Novi Novog - String Arrangements
Claude McKnight
Keith Major - Photography
Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington - Bass
Karen Walker - Photography, Package Design
Suzanna Giordono - Strings
Rudy Stein - Strings
H.C. Porter - Cover Art
Kristin Fife - Strings
Denyce Graves - Executive Producer
Joel Kibble
David Thomas
Jeff Moskow - A&R
John "4 Daddman" Robinson - Drums

2003 CD Universal 067763

**K-Bee** · June 5th, 2003, 02:17 AM

Marky, that really sounds like an outstanding live experience.

I sure would like to go but being in the wrong part of the world (AGAIN!!! :( ) I guess I'll have to pass. (unless you could mail me a $1000 check to cover my flight expenses :lol: :lol: )

Will check out the CD though. Is it out yet?

**markydefad** · June 5th, 2003, 02:18 PM

Here's some more info:

Industry News March 27th, 2003

Church Songs of Soul & Inspiration

CHURCH: SONGS OF SOUL & INSPIRATION FEATURES CLASSIC R&B AND POP FAVORITES PRODUCED WITH A GOSPEL TWIST AND PERFORMED BY PATTI LABELLE, CHAKA KHAN, EN VOGUE, DIONNE WARWICK, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY, SHIRLEY CAESAR AND MORE

Church isn’t just a place, it’s a feeling, and that emotion and sound is at the heart of soul music. Reaching far beyond pews and pulpits, “the unique sound of America itself—its cultural identity—is indelibly marked by gospel.” So writes Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison in the liner notes to CHURCH: Songs Of Soul & Inspiration (UTV Records), released June 3, 2003.

A new collection of favorite R&B, pop, classical and gospel songs produced with gospel choir arrangements and sung by some of the leading ladies of music, CHURCH: Songs Of Soul & Inspiration pays tribute to where they all began--church. Also featured is an original spoken word composition by esteemed poet Dr. Maya Angelou. The two-disc set embraces one CD of audio tracks plus a CD-ROM with performance footage and artist interviews comprising a “making of” feature.

The R&B and pop divas starring on CHURCH are:

Patti LaBelle with “Way Up There,” an original heard earlier this year across the country when she sang it at a national memorial service for the Columbia shuttle victims.
Chaka Khan reprising her own “Love Me Still”
Jennifer Holliday on “The Wonder Of You,” an Elvis hit
En Vogue with the Bee Gees’ #1 “How Deep Is Your Love”
Stephanie Millscovering the Diana Ross classic “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”
Patti Austin on “You Gotta Be,” a ‘90s hit for Des’ree
Dionne Warwick with the Burt Bacharach-Hal David standard “What The World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love),”
Ann Nesby, the former Sounds Of Blackness lead singer, singing Leon Russell’s “A Song For You.”

Also headlining is gospel great Shirley Caesar with the vintage “His Eye Is On The Sparrow,” opera star (and co-executive producer) Denyce Graves with the classic “Ave Maria,” jazz singer Nnenna Freelon with The Five Stairsteps hit “O-o-h Child,” and The Fire Choir with Stevie Wonder’s “As.” CHURCH: Songs Of Soul & Inspiration was produced by platinum-selling songwriter/producer Tena Clark, who also penned “Way Up There.”

As Morrison writes: “The little girls in choir robes and pigtails who sang on long ago Sunday mornings grew up to fill concert halls, opera houses, cathedrals and arenas with clarion voices that now enthrall millions. As they once again stand before the choir to sing, it is obvious that, with all its grace, Church claims ownership of their hearts of hearts.”

Church: Songs of Soul & Inspiration is the first in a series of CDs that embrace the musical roots and role of Church in the lives of today’s leading artists. It is a joint venture between UTV Records (a division of Universal Music Enterprises), Tena Clark’s DMI Records and Denyce Grave’s Carmen Productions.