JSngry Posted February 1, 2007 Report Posted February 1, 2007 (edited) First you gotta open or download this: http://www.routesinrhythm.com/routes/music/route211.mp3 Then skip over the first 42:02. Totally disposable. At 42:03 begins an incredible thing - Ann Nesby's "Let Your Will Be Done" remixed by Louis Benedetti and retitled "Let It Be". A totally bootleg thing, but GOOD GOD! (Above information from http://jazz-not-jazz.com/reviews/12/03_1_12inch.html ) Sounds really good under headphones too, btw. Computer speakers don't deliver the bottom the way it's there. Aretha could ("should") be doing stuff like this, but she's not, so hey. Following this one, @ 50:29, it fades into Kenny Bobien & Friends "Why We Sing" (Church Mix), which is pretty groovy too if you can suspend the obviousness of the remix technology. I can almost get there, but not quite. Guess I need more faith... But it's fun. Come to find out there's a whole sub-genre of "inspirational house" residing deep within the already sub-genre of Deep House. I gotta get out of the cave more! In the meantime, if you ever see this puppy, snap it up! Edited February 1, 2007 by JSngry Quote
JSngry Posted February 1, 2007 Author Report Posted February 1, 2007 43:34-43:36 is the stuff that makes me happy to be alive. Quote
RDK Posted February 1, 2007 Report Posted February 1, 2007 Interesting site. Nice mix. Only had time for a quick listen but Quote
JSngry Posted February 1, 2007 Author Report Posted February 1, 2007 More Ann Nesby on the cut beginning @ 22:38 of this mix: http://www.routesinrhythm.com/routes/music/route209.mp3 Kenny Bobien feat. Ann Nesby - Spread Love (Shelter Mix) Not a bootleg! This thing runs for 8 minutes and evolves from a pretty straightforward thing into something a bit more involved. But Ann Nesby, who's apparently a "name" gospel singer of somewhat recent vintage but is somebody with whom I was heretofore unfamiliar with, shines from (almost) start to finish. I need to check out this woman's catalog... And for those so inclined, the next cut of this mix is a DJ Spinna remix of Stevie Wonder's "My Heart Is On Fire" (from A Time For Love) that not only has a pretty groovy Hubert Laws solo, but also remakes the song in groove, tempo, and harmony into such a superior version of the original cut that it ain't even funny. Quote
John L Posted February 1, 2007 Report Posted February 1, 2007 Wow! I snatched up Nesby's gospel album "In the Spirit" as soon as it was released last year. It is nice, but there is nothing on it quite approaching "Let Your Will Be Done." Thanks for the link. Nesby has a magnificent voice, but has suffered from poor and cheap production on many of her records. That said, her duet with Al Green on "Put it On Paper" stands as one of the greatest classic soul releases of the last 10 years, or of of any time for that matter. Quote
JSngry Posted February 1, 2007 Author Report Posted February 1, 2007 (edited) John, do you know Kenny Bobien? This guy's got a career doing Gospel House: http://www.undagroundarchives.com/people/artist/kenb.shtml http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kenny+Bobien Who knew? Edited February 1, 2007 by JSngry Quote
John L Posted February 2, 2007 Report Posted February 2, 2007 John, do you know Kenny Bobien? This guy's got a career doing Gospel House: http://www.undagroundarchives.com/people/artist/kenb.shtml http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kenny+Bobien Who knew? No, I wasn't aware of him. That is interesting. In general, I don't follow much of what is happening in contemporary gospel, and tend to listen to the older stuff, when Gospel was Gospel and not Gospel House, Smooth Gospel, or Gospel Hip Hop, if you know what I mean. As for Ann Nesby, I followed her into gospel from R&B where she had already made her mark, especially on that great track with Al Green. A soulful and powerful voice like that doesn't come along that often, especially not today. Quote
JSngry Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Posted February 2, 2007 As for Ann Nesby, I followed her into gospel from R&B where she had already made her mark... Well, according to AMG she was singing Gospel before she went into R&B. Quote
John L Posted February 2, 2007 Report Posted February 2, 2007 As for Ann Nesby, I followed her into gospel from R&B where she had already made her mark... Well, according to AMG she was singing Gospel before she went into R&B. Yes! I had plain forgotten that she was the lead vocalist for Sounds of Blackness. They made some good music. Quote
DukeCity Posted February 3, 2007 Report Posted February 3, 2007 More Ann Nesby on the cut beginning @ 22:38 of this mix: http://www.routesinrhythm.com/routes/music/route209.mp3 Kenny Bobien feat. Ann Nesby - Spread Love (Shelter Mix) Not a bootleg! This thing runs for 8 minutes and evolves from a pretty straightforward thing into something a bit more involved. But Ann Nesby, who's apparently a "name" gospel singer of somewhat recent vintage but is somebody with whom I was heretofore unfamiliar with, shines from (almost) start to finish. I need to check out this woman's catalog... And for those so inclined, the next cut of this mix is a DJ Spinna remix of Stevie Wonder's "My Heart Is On Fire" (from A Time For Love) that not only has a pretty groovy Hubert Laws solo, but also remakes the song in groove, tempo, and harmony into such a superior version of the original cut that it ain't even funny. Produced by Louie Vega. Is that the same Lou Vega that had the hit a few years ago with "Mambo #5"? Quote
JSngry Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Posted February 3, 2007 No way. That was Lou Bega, and as far as I know, he was/is a "personality" more than anything else. Louie Vega is a whole 'nother thing entirely. Producer/DJ/conceptualist/dare-I-say-visionary?/etc. The cat's got something real going on, and he's been on quite a roll the last few years. Quote
DukeCity Posted February 3, 2007 Report Posted February 3, 2007 No way. That was Lou Bega, and as far as I know, he was/is a "personality" more than anything else. Louie Vega is a whole 'nother thing entirely. Producer/DJ/conceptualist/dare-I-say-visionary?/etc. The cat's got something real going on, and he's been on quite a roll the last few years. Indeed. The Vega/Bega thing is mostly just a Spanish phonetic/spelling/pronunciation technicality. I've been in NM for almost 12 years, and still haven't figured much of it out. But you're quite right; two very different cats (gatos). Quote
JSngry Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Posted February 3, 2007 From my experience (which is in no way definitive...), the "v" as hard "b" thing is a mostly Cuban thing. Cuban Spanish is a whole 'nother thing... Quote
Joe G Posted February 3, 2007 Report Posted February 3, 2007 Took a while for this to open for me, but worth the wait. Very nice, thanks again, Jim! Quote
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