Reverend Bernard Avant

Reverend Bernard Avant – Reverend Bernard Avant & The St. James Gospel Choir (1972/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:05 minutes | 1,66 GB | Genre: Gospel, R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

Directed by Southern California–based minister and radio show host Rev. Willie Bernard Avant, Jr., the St. James Gospel Choir’s sound isn’t far removed from the sound of gospel in the American South. Likely a holdover from Avant’s upbringing in Pierce County, Georgia, as well as his years studying in Florida at Bethune-Cookman College and Florida A&M University. It was at the latter institution where he met his soon-to-be wife, Dolly, who is granted a frequent spotlight as a soloist on the St. James Gospel Choir’s album.

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