Gospel/Jazz Artists ?

[kodiakblair]

Can anyone recommend some ?

Gave a bass to a young fella in Ghana last month and he's asked me about doing Jazz fused Gospel.
I haven't the foggiest so I'm hoping for some names he can check out on the likes of YT etc.

Cheers KB

[bubinga5]

Bass Players check out Dale Black, Sharray Reed, Maurice Fitzgerald, Reggie Young all monster bass players. Bands check out New Direction. The first album. Its phenomenal gospel music.

[TrevorR]

Some artists that spring to mind are Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Kurt Carr and Hezekiah Walker. Don't know whether I'd exactly call it jazz infused gospel, more soul/r'n'b infused but it's heading in that direction - a more modern direction than traditional gospel.

For (smooth) jazz in a Christian/gospel context I'd recommend Abe Laboriel's band (Koinonia - think a Christian version of Fourplay. Mostly instrumental and VERY VERY GOOD whether you're spiritual minded or not) or his solo/duo work with Justo Almario.

[JapanAxe]

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For (smooth) jazz in a Christian/gospel context I'd recommend Abe Laboriel's band (Koinonia - think a Christian version of Fourplay. Mostly instrumental and VERY VERY GOOD whether you're spiritual minded or not) or his solo/duo work with Justo Almario.
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I think I've still got a cassette of Koinonia somewhere!

Edited September 30, 2016 by JapanAxe

[kodiakblair]

Fantastic.

I'll pass those on to him.

[TrevorR]

JapanAxe, if you're feeling nostalgic then a load of it is downloadable from iTunes etc. Still love the first two albums despite picking them up way back in 1986 (IIRC).

[ambient]

Andrew Gouche

http://www.andrewgouche.com

[tobiewharton]

Busy, musical bass playing is an integral part of contemporary American gospel music. Add Marvin Sapp, Israel Houghton, Fred Hammond, Darwin Hobbs, Mary Mary, William Mcdowell and Donald Lawrence to the artist list above and you have a good overview. Andrae Crouch is considered the trailblazer for the modern sound, so he definitely needs checking out too.