{"id":2194405,"date":"2025-12-11T04:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2194405"},"modified":"2025-12-11T04:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:09:45","slug":"joel-ross-to-release-new-album-gospel-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/joel-ross-to-release-new-album-gospel-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Ross to Release New Album \u201cGospel Music\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.theurbanmusicscene.com\/2025\/12\/joel-ross-to-release-new-album-gospel-music\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>JOEL ROSS DELIVERS A MESSAGE OF HOPE &amp; LOVE<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>ON HIS NEW BLUE NOTE ALBUM GOSPEL MUSIC<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>A SONIC INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLICAL STORY &amp;<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>AN EXPLORATION OF HIS FAITH OUT JAN. 30<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LISTEN TO \u201cWISDOM IS ETERNAL (FOR BARRY HARRIS)\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On January 30, vibraphonist <strong>Joel Ross<\/strong> will release his 5th Blue Note album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/joelross.lnk.to\/WisdomIsEternal\"><strong><em>Gospel Music,<\/em><\/strong><\/a> a sonic interpretation of the biblical story and an exploration of his faith that delivers a message of hope and love. The album is introduced today with the lead track <em><strong>\u201cWisdom Is Eternal (For Barry Harris)\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>and features an expanded sextet line-up of Ross\u2019 band Good Vibes with Josh Johnson on alto saxophone, Maria Grand on tenor saxophone, Jeremy Corren on piano, Kanoa Mendenhall on bass, and Jeremy Dutton on drums.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wu8DJUNesUY?si=xomgnR3Vweu7OEUV\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An homage to an array of influences, <em><strong>Gospel Music<\/strong> <\/em>follows the arc of the grand biblical story. Each composition carries the emotional weight of the story of creation, the fall, and salvation, corresponding to biblical texts that Ross includes in the liner notes. At the center of it is the desire that we meditate on the meaning of the ultimate sacrifice that defines a faith in Christ that calls on its practitioners to love God and others. Playing in this band mirrors that very attitude.<\/p>\n<p>Ross wants us to listen for the ways that the band practices what some of our best minds have preached. He wants us to achieve the kind of clarity he has achieved in his sound, where the music remains \u201ctechnically difficult.\u201d But with the lessons of The Parable of the Poet and nublues in tow, Good Vibes has moved into a place where the complex can be offered more clearly. The complex can offer sound as meditative space for us to reconsider ourselves as we relate to others. Ross\u2019 message is reflected in the way he leads a band and creates space for them sonically. \u201cIf there\u2019s anything I do talk to the band about, it\u2019s about that, making sure we\u2019re making space for everyone and supporting everyone. Because that\u2019s what we\u2019re supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gospel Music<\/strong><\/em> revisits the intricacy of the vibraphonist\u2019s earlier records and the directness and accessibility of the later, producing a sound that is unmistakably Joel Ross while reintroducing himself and the good news simultaneously. It is released in a moment where he has been deepening his study and exploration into the theological and historical depths of his faith over the last several years. Returning to some of his older unreleased compositions and seeing them in light of new experiences, he has created an album which reveals more of his person. \u201cThis is probably the boldest example of trying to share what I believe is the good news as well as in homage to where I\u2019m coming from,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>This identity is equally grounded in the world of jazz pedagogy as it is in the sounds of the Black church in Chicago. While he gravitated toward the former, Chicago gospel was an inescapable element of the sonic community that shaped him. \u201cI\u2019m coming from the Black church in Chicago, playing gospel music,\u201d Ross reminds us.<\/p>\n<p>Ross will be touring extensively across the U.S. and Europe next year behind the album\u2019s release including a performance at NYC Winter Jazzfest (Jan. 10), a week at the Village Vanguard (Feb. 10-15), and a 4-night run at the Jazz Showcase in his hometown of Chicago (Apr. 2-5). Visit iplayvibes.com for more tour details.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credit: Jati Lindsay<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEL ROSS \u2013 2026 TOUR DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jan. 10 \u2013 NYC Winter Jazzfest \u2013 New York, NY<br \/>Feb. 1 \u2013 Raven Theater \u2013 Healdsburg, CA<br \/>Feb. 2 \u2013 Kuumbwa \u2013 Santa Cruz, CA<br \/>Feb. 3 \u2013 Libretto \u2013 Paso Robles, CA<br \/>Feb. 5 \u2013 The JAI \u2013 La Jolla, CA<br \/>Feb. 10-15 \u2013 Village Vanguard \u2013 New York, NY<br \/>Feb. 25 \u2013 Blues Alley \u2013 Washington DC<br \/>Feb. 26 \u2013 Judson\u2019s \u2013 Orlando, FL<br \/>Feb. 28 \u2013 Jimmy\u2019s Jazz &amp; Blues Club \u2013 Portsmouth, NH<br \/>Mar. 6 \u2013 Caffee Vivace \u2013 Cincinnati, OH<br \/>Mar. 7 \u2013 Jazz Kitchen \u2013 Indianapolis, IN<br \/>Apr. 2-5 \u2013 Jazz Showcase \u2013 Chicago, IL<br \/>May 7 \u2013 Zig Zag Club \u2013 Berlin, Germany<br \/>May 8 \u2013 Jassmine \u2013 Warsaw, Poland<br \/>May 9 \u2013 Klub Zak \u2013 Gdansk, Poland<br \/>May 10 \u2013 La Cite Miroir \u2013 Liege, Belgium<br \/>May 12 \u2013 New Morning \u2013 Paris, France<br \/>May 18 \u2013 Kerempuh \u2013 Zagreb, Croatia<br \/>May 22 \u2013 De Doelen \u2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands<br \/>May 23 \u2013 JazzHall \u2013 Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Follow Joel Ross:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.iplayvibes.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iplayvibes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\"><b>Website<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iplayvibes\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iplayvibes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/imjoelmross\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/imjoelmross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Blue Note Records<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); 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