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Jerri Little has a beautiful voice, transitioning from high to low tones seamlessly. Her message is delivered with energy, conviction, and heart-felt faith, with her vocals set against soulful musical and choral accompaniment.
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Artist: Jerri Little
Album title: Help Somebody Today - Live
Rating: 4 Stars
Your name: Pat Ratliff www.yoraps.com
Description:
Through a lifetime of singing with her local church choirs, singer/songwriter Jerri Little has honed her craft of singing the words of God. With Soul. The debut album from Jerri Little, Help Somebody Today – Live, is a great collection of gospel music with a side of funky soul. It’s hard to pin a genre on this album because she crosses so many lines, successfully. She’ll soothe you with her beautiful voice on one song, and have your body moving around the room on the next. Jerri Little has something special with this album.
Aided by an excellent band and great backup vocals, Jerri Little holds it down on her debut album. Not only is Jerri a skilled singer, she also has the charisma to back it up on stage. She has the ability to serenade the listener with her beautiful voice alone, like on the track, “I Must Tell Jesus,” and she can also make you dance with a track such as, “In The Nick Of Time,” which has radio play written all over it. Her ability to shake things up from track to track while still maintaining her individual style is one of the things that make Jerri Little a unique musical talent. Throughout the album I was feeling the gospel soul, and you can even smell a little jazz coming through your speakers. I thought I had heard it all until I made it to the final track, “Wonderful, Mighty God,” where I couldn’t help but hear what sounded like Jamaican steel drums in the background. Jerri Little separates herself from the field with her ability to spread her work across the music spectrum, while still maintaining her musical theme, God.
Jerri Little certainly has a good one with Help Somebody Today – Live. Jerri has the valuable combination of a stunning voice and unquestioned charisma. With that combination and the quality creative support around her, Jerri can take her music as far as she wants to. She sings with heart and soul, and she brings the truth about what she believes in. Couple that with her ability to sing unique jazzy soul gospel and you’ve got something special.
- Pat Ratliff
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"Help Somebody Today - Live" (Album Title)
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Singer/Songwriter and Founder/CEO of TGB Records, Jerri Little is a Gospel Soul innovator whose vocals intricately weave gospel music with funk & soul. Singing since the age of 5, Little toured with her mother and sister in many states performing at various local and church events. As she got older, Little’s gifted vocalese became more apparent and soon sparked her soloist career. Jerri has shared the stage with various recording artists such as Marvin Sapp, The Pace Sisters, Donnie McClurkin, Albertina Walker, Darius Brooks, Percy Bady, Lemmie Battles, and Teddy Cross. Jerri has also sung with some of Chicago’s finest choirs, such as The Vernon Park Church of God Choir, Brenda Joyce Moore & United Praise, The Corinthian Temple COGIC Radio Choir, Progressive Life-Giving Word Cathedral Radio Choir and Victory Apostolic Church Vessels of Victory.
Little’s singing abilities led her to a co-starring role where she was also able to perform her original music in upcoming playwright, Lynette Hall-Parrott’s stage play "Sista Girl Be Whole".
Little has also ministered in song at various events. churches, and well-known non-profit organizations, such as Apostolic Church of God, Liberty Baptist Church, The Black Caucus, The African-American Religious Connection, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and The Chicago Gospel Music Festival, to name a few. For many years, Jerri appeared as a “regular” vocalist on Chicago’s former “Saturday Nite Sing” and currently can be seen and heard on multiple media syndicated outlets, such as radio, television, podcasts, and publications from all over the world. Every Sunday, Little can be seen ministering in song on “Singsation!” with the great philanthropist, Dr. Willie Wilson on Chicago’s very own WGN/Channel9.
Little is also one of the very first independent gospel recording artists to premier on Total Living Network's "Inspirational Sounds" and Gospel Music Channel's "Hometown Gospel (Chicago)", which features selections from Little’s freshmen CD project "Help Somebody Today (Live)”at Owner Operator Yolanda Travis (Gospel) McDonald's Restaurant in Chicago.
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