Fontella Bass - No Ways Tired (1995)

This is a well-executed release from Fontella Bass, the daughter of
St. Louis gospel icon Martha Bass. She uses a more subdued voice than
the wail she employed on "Rescue Me," a big hit in the '60s. The
Institutional Radio Choir, David Sanborn's crying sax, and Lester
Bowie's piercing trumpet assists Bass on 11 uplifting numbers. She
shines brightest on Shirley Caesar's "You Don't Know What the Lord
Told Me," "No Ways Tired," "All My Burdens," and "This Little Light of
Mine," where everyone involved lets their hair down. A remake of Burt
Bacharach and Hal David's "What the World Needs Now," is more pop than
gospel and seems out-of-place. Unlike Al Green, whose singing
intensified when he reverted to gospel, Bass' gift has become more
restrained.