A New Beginning (CD - 2006)

Bishop Eddie L. Long: New Birth Total Praise Choir (vocals); Mary Ann Alexander, Sonja Alford (alto); Andrew Baxter (tenor); John Ely (guitars); Darrell Freeman (bass instrument); Janeen S. Abrams, Dwight A. Baker, Kevin Bond, Derrieux Edgecomb, Jeremy Haynes, Ronald James, Kimberly Adair.

Personnel: Kevin Bond (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar synthesizer, programming); Nupraz (vocals); Janeen S. Abrams, Victoria Flint, Surretta Eley, Nichelle Lindsasy, Antoinette Grimes, Alethia Worlds, Carrie Marshall, Pamela Vereen, Ronica Paul, LeNasa Dunn, Rhonda L. Moore, Patricia Allen, Linda McKinnie, Gwen Fitz Henley, Mylene Bradley, Demeka Beckham, Schanea Kelly, Priscilla Scales, Beverly D. Roseberry, Josilyn Drake, Antoinette Coble, Myra Bates, Carolyn Phillips, Tuwanna Wesley, Marie Horne, Cherie Funn, Reginald Brown, Jeannie Baggett, Teresa Watson, Sandra McCollum, Michelle Burney, Lori Allen, Veronica "Nilaja" Jones, Nadine Searcy, Donna Williams, Vicki Renee Feacher, Annette Wagner, Margaret Taylor, Lesia Cobb, Nollita J. Tubbs, Kemba Mosley, Vernita Victor, Michele Greenwood, Janice Parks, Marlin Forest, Jacqueline Lamar, Deborah Echols, Yolanda Brown, Aquevia Davis, Lesha Price Cunningham, Devotion Bradley, Jacqueline Coger, Nikki Bonner, LaTonia Clark, Rosalind Rainge, Constance Morris, Linda Newton, Rosie Wray, Dawn Hunt, Gloria Gaines, Kathleen Hall, Margaret Lee, Wylene Hammond, Florette Goodin, Gwen Brown, William Page, Leslie Johnson , Jennifer Jones, Heather Headley, Kimberly Adair, Wanda Johnson (soprano); Robert "Bunny" Patton (tenor, baritone, bass voice); John Spillers, Beverly Leslie, Florence Knight, Keith Nelson , Deaderick Jones, Henry Williams , Ken Davis , Shelton Bivins, Dwight A. Baker, Ernest Simmons, Wanda Hinson, Ralph Steve Johnson, Carolann Neal, DeMario Burns, Gregory Newsome, Anthony H. Brown, Mike Evans , Montgomery , Roderick Heard, Ethelind Waithe, Reggie Hymel, Khalil Jenkins, Rchelle Dixie Hall, Anthony Thomas , Rose Merry Jordan, Deborah Townsend, Charlie "Cada" Brooks, Craig Evans, Cassandra Belin, Dennis Broyld, Shundon "Shaun" Cox, Andrea Baxter, Tony Gooden, Grant Green, Eileen Turner, Earnestine Peek, Alton McCullough, Gerry Kemp, Carol Peay, Vanderlisa Pack Reed, Marion Nixon, Derik West, JacQui Newsome, Reggie Hinson, Sylvia Bolton, Charles Jackson (tenor); Jon Shoats (baritone, bass voice); John Ely, Jonathan DuBose, Jr. (guitar); Ronald James (saxophone); Derrieux Edgecomb (organ); Jeremy Haynes (drums).

Audio Mixers: Kevin Bond; Ralph Cacciurri.

Recording information: Bonded Music, Stone Mountain, GA; Dogwood Studios, Conyers, GA; Doppler Studios, Atlanta, GA; Suite 7 Studios, Stone Mountain, GA.

Director: Kevin Bond.

Photographer: Ernest Washington.

Translator: Gwen Fitz Henley.

Arranger: Kevin Bond.

With their overwhelmingly powerful sound, Bishop Eddie Long's New Birth Total Praise Choir lifts a mighty noise up to the heavens. It's a beautiful noise too, as the album A NEW BEGINNING bears out. Interspersed with "sermonettes" of faith, the music here represents that faith with its celebratory feeling and messages of praise on tracks like "Make His Praise Glorious" and "Magnify the Lord." minimize