{"product_id":"jess-sah-bi-jesus-christ-ne-decoit-pas-lp-vinyl","title":"Jess Sah Bi - Jesus-Christ Ne Decoit Pas - LP (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJess Sah Bi is well-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eknown as half of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elegendary duo Jess \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSah Bi \u0026amp; Peter One \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewho brought \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehomegrown Country- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmericana to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWest African masses \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith their smash \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edebut Our Garden \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeeds It's Flowers in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe mid-1980s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTouring stadiums and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereaching listeners \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworldwide, their music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas racked up millions \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof spins on YouTube \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand remains imprinted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the hearts of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIvorians of a certain age. ATFA reissued their album in 2018, garnering \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecritical acclaim from publications including Pitchfork and Rolling Stone and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereaching a new generation of listeners outside Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSometime in the early 90s, Die Sahbi-or Jesse, as he known to friends- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebecame gravely ill with an unknown ailment and almost died. He visited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evarious doctors and all kinds of religious healers and nothing helped until \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe became a born-again Christian. He recorded an album of music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epraising God in order to honor a promise he made to himself at the depths \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof his desperation in the hospital. That album, Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[Jesus Christ Does Not Let Us Down], came out in 1991 and sold around \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3000 cassettes in Ivory Coast. The master tape was lost along the way so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe recording has never been on digital platforms until now. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJesse didn't have much time to record while visiting South Carolina, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe enlisted some American musicians (Robert Fortner and Gary Davis) to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehelp. They added acoustic guitar, percussion and keyboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaccompaniment to Jesse's soaring French and Gouro vocals, harmonica \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand finger-picked acoustic. The resulting recording is deeply soothing and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econtemplative music that perfectly compliments the songs already \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eembraced by millions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas is Jess Sah Bi's first and only gospel album. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFortunately, fans responded with enthusiasm: widespread radio airplay \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand concerts followed, along with a growing solo profile in the country. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first big gospel artists in Ivory Coast were the duo Mathieu et \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstance, who emerged in 1989. There was a bigger gospel music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emovement in English-speaking counties like Ghana and Nigeria \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Christians make up roughly 40% of the population in Ivory Coast, slightly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eless than Muslims). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the years since Jesus-Christ's release, gospel music in Ivory Coast has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egrown to become a key part of music culture in the country. Spiritual music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eappears in community actives across the public and private spectrum from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereligious gatherings and parties to television broadcasts and music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efestivals. 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