AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF GOSPEL.

MANY OF THE GENRES PIONEERS LIKE THOMAS DORSEY AND MAHALIA JACKSON CALLED THE CITY HOME.

TODAY, THE MUSIC CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE FAR BEYOND THE BLACK CHURCHES WERE DORSEY AND JACKSON GOT THEIR STARTS.

SOME OF GOSPELS BIGGEST STARS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A NIGHT OF PERFORMANCES IN THE CITY WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.

THE SOS RIGHT HERE AT W T TW A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.

THAT'S ON TUESDAY.

APRIL 23RD.

WE'LL TELL YOU HOW TO BE A PART OF THE CROWD IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.

BUT FIRST JOINING US IS THE HOST OF THIS LIVE IN PERSON W T TW EVENT.

PASTOR JOHN BOSTON FROM SHILOH, 7TH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, PARTICULARLY TIMELY TITLE TO BECAUSE OF CASH HOT.

YOU ARE ALSO THE HOST OF THE GOSPEL FOR STARTERS.

WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT GOSPEL MUSIC?

GOSPEL MUSIC IS THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE.

I LOVE THAT.

NO MATTER WHERE I GO IN THE WORLD.

>> I HEAR REMIT ELEMENTS THAT RESONATE WITH WHAT GOSPEL MUSIC IT'S ALL ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY.

IT'S ABOUT DIFFICULTY.

IT'S SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MUSIC TO PLAY IN THE WORLD.

AND SO WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE MAKE IT EASY, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A MOMENT TO BREATHE AND SAY MATTER HOW BAD THINGS GET, I'M GOING MAKE IT.

>> GUSTS WILL LITERALLY MEANS GOOD IT DOES.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES IT SO DIFFICULT TO PLAY HOUSE AT SOME OF THE HARDEST MUSIC?

WELL, THERE THERE'S SO MANY NUANCES TO TO MAKE THIS OUT SOMETIMES IN A SONG CAN BE DONE CALL THE RESPONSE STYLE.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARTS THAT HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU THINK ABOUT ALL SONG LIKE SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT.

YOU'VE GOT SOPRANO SINGING ONE PART OUT HOLES, ANOTHER DIVORCE, THE LYRICS.

ALL OF THESE FEATURES.

>> IT BECAUSE IT'S BORN FROM PAIN AND DESIGNED TO BRING GREAT JOY TO ME ABOUT THAT.

WHAT WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY IT IS BORN FROM PAIN?

SOME OF THE FOUND FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS OF GOSPEL MUSIC ARE ROOTED WHERE AMERICA HAS COME FROM, WHERE AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE COME FROM, WHERE PEOPLE OF POVERTY HAVE COME FROM.

AND I THINK INTERWOVEN INTO THE AMERICAN STORY IS THE SOUND OF GOSPEL BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE POWER OF COMMUNITY TO SAY WE HAVE FACED DIFFICULT TRYING ADVERSITY THAT WE HAVE OVERCOME.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIAL TO EVERYONE.

IT'S NOT RELEGATED ONLY TO THE CHURCH.

IT'S FOR EVERYONE.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE ROLE THAT CHICAGO PLACE IN THAT STORY IS THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR BUT PARALLELS SO MUCH WITH THE STORY OF CHICAGO.

I THINK WHAT'S SO POWERFUL ABOUT CHICAGO, CHICAGO'S GREAT IN EVERY RESPECT.

OKAY.

BUT I THINK WHAT MAKES IT EXTRAORDINARY IS THAT YOU'VE GOT THIS GREAT MIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH COMING TO A WARM, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR INDUSTRY AND DEVELOPMENT.

>> AND THE SOUND OF THAT TRANSITION WAS GOSPEL MUSIC.

IT WAS AN EVOLUTION OF MOVING FROM COTTON FIELDS INTO CHURCHES BUILT BY OUR OWN HANDS AND IT TRANSFORMED THE LANDSCAPE NEWS.

>> THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT GOSPEL MUSIC LITERALLY DID IT TO BE CONSIDERED A GOSPEL VERSUS A REGULAR WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT GOSPEL AND PARTICULARLY INTRIGUING FIGHT?

YEAH.

THE CALLER RESPONSE PORTION IT IT PULLS ON THE LIVED.

EXPERIENCE OF THOSE SEEKING GOOD.

AND SO TO COME OUT TO A GOSPEL SHOWCASE AND EXPERIENCE A GOSPEL CONCERT WITH THE GREATEST VOICES, SOME OF THE GREATEST VOICES OF OUR TIME.

>> IS AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY.

AND WHAT MAKES IT SO UNIQUE IS THE NATURE OF WHAT GOSPEL MUSIC REPRESENTS.

A REPRESENTS NOT JUST A PERFORMER, BUT AN EXPERIENCE.

SO PEOPLE IF THEY ATTEND, HE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO SING A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, FOR THAT FAMILY THAT FEELING BE ABLE TO RESIST IS NOT JUST ABOUT MOVING.

YOUR IS GOING I'VE GOT TO STAND AND BE A PART OF THIS.

>> WHAT ABOUT SOME OF THE SOCIAL REFORMERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE HERE AT W T TW NEXT WEEK?

JOINING YOU, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, SMOKING SMOKING OR FULL IS NOT ONLY A GAS PARTIES, BUT A MUSICIAN AND A VERY CELEBRATED ONE.

>> HE IS EPITOME OF TRANS THE NUANCES OF JAZZ AND GOSPEL RNB AND GAS.

BY KNOW, HE'LL HATE THAT.

I'VE SAID THIS, BUT I THINK HE REPRESENTS A WHOLE NEW SOUND IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.

GOSPEL MUSIC IS AND I THINK IS EXTRAORDINARY THAT NOT ONLY IS HE HERE IN CHICAGO, BUT HE'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE BEFORE WE GET ANOTHER PERFORMER.

HOW HAS GOSPEL EVOLVED?

>> GOSPEL EVOLVED IN THE SENSE THAT YOU STILL HAVE THAT THAT SYNCOPATION IN SOUND THAT RIVARD, THAT THAT BACK AND FORTH.

BUT IT'S EVOLVED TO INSTEAD INFLUENCING OTHER MUSIC.

NOW GOSPEL IS DRAWING ON ITS CHILDREN.

JAZZ IS A CHILD OF GOSPEL R AND B IS A CHILD OF GOSPEL.

AND NOW THE NEW SOUNDS OF R AND B AND JAZZ ARE NOW REVERBERATING BACK.

EVEN HIP-HOP.

THESE ARE INFLUENCED BY GOSPEL MUSIC.

>> WHAT ABOUT LAMAR CAMPBELL, LAMAR AT A TIME WERE GOSPEL MUSIC WAS ABOUT EVERYONE SINKING AND TRANSITION TO A CHOIR SINGING LAMAR CAMPBELL PROBABLY REPRESENTS OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS.

SOMEONE WHO WHAT WE DID HAVE A WHOLE CHOIR, WHICH IS BROKEN TO SMALL PARTS AND EVOLUTION THAT WE NOW CALL PRAY STEEN.

I'M NOT GOING TO CREDIT HIM ONLY, BUT I THINK HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST TO USE THE CRAZE TEAMS.

I LOVE THAT.

WHAT ABOUT YOU SORT OF TOUCHED ON THIS?

>> VIEWERS AREN'T RELIGIOUS.

WHAT IS ALLURE FOR FOR THOSE WHO MAYBE AREN'T CHRISTIAN EVEN IS THERE'S STILL IT ROOM FOR APPRECIATION OF GOSPEL.

I THINK GOSPEL THIS SHOWCASE UNIQUELY WILL PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL NOT LIKELY BE FORGOTTEN.

THIS IS WINE TRIP VISIT THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE HAVE WAITED FOR.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING FOR FROM THE THE WOMEN, SOCIAL CLUB, SENIOR GROUPS, YOUTH GROUPS, NOT JUST CHURCH GROUPS, BUSINESS GATHERINGS.

THIS IS SOMETHING EVEN FOR TEAM BUILDING TO SAY WASN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT MADE OUR HEARTS BURN WITHIN IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS THAT WE HAVE IT.

WE TALKED ABOUT ORIGINS OF GOSPEL ROOTED IN CHICAGO.

WHAT ABOUT NOW?

WHAT IS CHICAGO'S GOSPEL SEEN?

LIKE?

I THINK CHICAGO IS STILL PRODUCING SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME, PARTICULARLY IN GOSPEL MUSIC.

GUY.

YOU HAVE ART IS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SHOWCASING AROUND THE WORLD.

IT WAS ON BOARD HERE, BUT THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY WHAT WAS BORN HERE.

>> AND YOU CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN EVEN MORE A WEEK FROM TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FASTER.

JOHN BOSTON AND AGAIN, BOSTON IS GOING TO BE HOSTED THAT GOSPEL SHOWCASE THAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE AT W T TW TUESDAY.

APRIL 23RD AT 06:30PM.

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