SHIRLEY CAESAR………..FIRST AMONG EQUALS IN SANCTIFIED BLACK GOSPEL MUSIC……”JORDAN RIVER”…. PERHAPS,THE MOST PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE OLD SCHOOL ”TAKE NO PRISONERS” STYLE OF DIVINELY INEBRIATED SAINT SINGING OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH……..WHEN I WAS A CHILD THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN LABLED A “RACE RECORD” AND ALL I CAN SAY IS “GOD BLESS THE RACE THAT WAS ABLE TO WRITE AND SING THIS DEEP AND ANGELIC PIECE……IT’S A MEASURING STICK FOR ALL OF US, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF MUSIC WE PLAY,ABOUT WHAT PROFOUND AND POWERFUL SINCERITY IN MUSIC IS AND REALLY SOUNDS LIKE……..THIS IS A MASTERCLASS FROM WHAT I HOPE YOU’LL THINK IS THE VERY BEST OF WORLD MUSIC…..