The sustained phrase
Phipps’s bass voice and measured phrasing give the familiar hymn a particular weight. The performance lets the words unfold through breath and duration.
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Amazing Grace — Wintley Phipps
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A concert performance of “Amazing Grace” with Phipps’s introduction and unhurried vocal delivery.
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A concert performance of “Amazing Grace” with Phipps’s introduction and unhurried vocal delivery.
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