621 James Cleveland (1931-1991) and the Angelic Choir “The Lord Brought Us Out” 1963

“At on point in Cornel West and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s prophetic The Future of the Race, the two great African-American historians present a short list of the ‘most profound black cultural products’ African Americans have given the modern world. This list includes John Coltrane’s sax solos, James Baldwin’s essay, and ‘James Cleveland’s gut gospels’” (Robert Darden, People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music, 2004).

James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir “The Lord Brought Us Out”