Quincy Jones - Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration (1992)

Contemporary soul-pop artists, including Patti Austin, Tevin Campbell, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jone, Take 6, Howard Hewett, and Dianne Reeves, take a pop-song approach to Handel's classic Christmas oratorio. Handel's wonderful melodies are updated with synthesizers, drum machines, and slick pop production from Quincy Jones and Take 6's Mervyn Warren

1992 Grammy Award - Contemporary Gospel Album (various artists)

Tracks:

1. Overture: A Partial History of Black Music
2. Comfort Ye - Daryl Coley/Vanessa Bell Armstrong
3. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted - Lizz Lee/Chris Willis
4. And the Glory of the Lord - Dianne Reeves
5. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming - Patti Austin
6. And He Shall Purify - Tramaine Hawkins
7. Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Howard Hewitt
8. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion - Stevie Wonder/Take 6
9. For Unto Us a Child Is Born - Sounds Of Blackness
10. Glory to God - Michelle Weeks/The Boys Choir Of Harlem
11. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion - The Richard Smallwood Singers
12. Behold the Lamb of God - Yellowjackets
13. Lift up Your Head, O Ye Gates - Commissioned/The Clark Sisters
14. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage? - Al Jarreau
15. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Tevin Campbell
16. Hallelujah! - Quincy Jones,Vanessa Bell Armstrong,Patti Austin,Commissioned,Al Jarreau,
Chaka Khan,Gladys Knight,Stephanie Mills,Jeffrey Osborn,Joe Sample,Take 6,Mervyn Warren,Vanessa Williams,
ets.

Music by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Arranged by Mervyn Warren, Michael O. Jackson and Mark Kibble / choral Arranged by Teena Chinn
Pop production from Quincy Jones and Take 6's Mervyn Warren.
Conducted by Quincy Jones.
Project by Quincy Jones.