(October 30, 2015) Three years in the making, Grammy ® nominated recording artist Jonathan Butler delivers again with his new gospel CD, Free, on Rendezvous Music (distributed by Provident Distribution and Sony Red Distribution). The smooth jazz artist first catapulted onto the Gospel music scene with the Grammy-nominated hit "Falling In Love With Jesus," and Butler once again impresses with his emotional testimony on Free, reflecting his life the past few years.
"I've been through a fire and all kinds of challenges. It's been a crazy three or four years," Butler said. "So this album is a testimony of God's goodness. With the timing of all these things happening to me and in the midst of all of that, writing a record was pretty heavy. I was going through quite a lot personally and I wanted to make that statement very clear on this album that I'm in a new season in my life."
Butler's new season spawned the album Free with 11 rousing tracks, including the single "Be Encouraged," Amazingly, Butler's performance heard on the album was recorded in one take.
"It was just Mano and I in the studio," Butler shared. "He was in the control room and I was in the vocal booth. I was on my knees in the vocal booth and I remember sobbing like a child before God. It was like God just showed up. I sang it once and he said, 'Hey man I don't think we need to do another vocal take. This is it.'"
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Jonathan Butler - Free
