Since the 1970s, Rev. Timothy Wright has been one of the hardest-working pastors in the world of high-energy, revival-style gospel. The organ player first formed a choir in the mid-'70s, and the decades later his Brooklyn, New York spirit is still strong. In 2003, joined by the New York Fellowship Mass Choir II, Wright recorded this live album, captured in the famed Rev. Floyd Flake's Greater Allen Cathedral of New York. Throughout the record, the rollicking choir resounds with the immensity of this revered cathedral.
Wright opens with the rousing "For the Rest of My Life (I'll Serve Him)," an energetic serving of praise and glory that features a frenetic piano-and-bass sound backing traditional choir shouting. Spirit abounds through a roller coaster of thunderous exaltations and more somber reflections. The highest exhilaration bounds forth when the legendary Hezekiah Walker rises to the altar on "United We Stand," a peak nearly matched on the buoyant "Nothing Can Separate Me." LIVE IN NEW YORK presents a remarkable pastor in a renowned location, making for an uplifting experience.