Latest Release
- 27 FEB 2024
- 20 Songs
- Give Me a Clean Heart · 1970
- It's a New Day · 1990
- Recorded Live (feat. The Metro Mass Choir Of The Gospel Music Workshop Chicago Chapter) · 1981
- Peace Be Still · 1962
- Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings (Live) · 1972
- I Stood On the Banks of the Jordan · 1963
- I Stood On the Banks of the Jordan · 1963
- I Stood On the Banks of the Jordan · 1963
- I Stood On the Banks of the Jordan · 1963
- I Stood On the Banks of the Jordan · 1963
- 2024
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2014
- 2001
Live Albums
Compilations
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2019
Appears On
- Broderick Williams
- Albertina Walker
- The Salem Inspirational Choir
- The Charles Fold Singers
- The Charles Fold Singers
About Rev. James Cleveland
Honing his chops as a songwriter and performer with the legendary Caravans, gospel artist Reverend James Cleveland would go on to become what is arguably the most important figure in post-WWII Black gospel. Cleveland was a key figure in integrating contemporary Black styles such as jazz, R&B, and funk into the traditional choir framework. The various choirs that he directed were known for their intense, thundering performances, establishing the musical and emotional yardstick by which all large-scale Black gospel groups would be measured for years to come. Cleveland died in 1991.
- HOMETOWN
- Chicago, IL, United States
- BORN
- 5 December 1931
- GENRE
- Christian