Gospel music great Fred Hammond recently announced he is pursuing a Jazz career. In the audio clip below Fred Hammond tells CeCe McGhee of Praise Philly.com that he is thinking about doing a double CD one disk with jazz and the other Gospel to make everyone happy. He also explains his labels reaction to the news that he was putting Gospel on hold.
Hammond, broke the news to entertainment reporter Jawn Murray that he’s recording a full jazz project. Hammond will be recording a love-style jazz project. Hammond said the jazz album will bring him back to his musical beginnings as a bass player.
Fred Hammond announced the news while on-board the Tom Joyner Cruise playing Jazz music LIVE and ministering along-side Dr. Bobby Jones during morning worship sessions.
