Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul - A Higher PoSoul Jazz Records' "Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk And Soul At The Crossroads 1971 1983" reveals the far reaching connections between black American gospel music and soul music and illustrates how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caeser, Dorothy Norwood, Andrae Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this period. Many of the most successful soul artists from Aretha Franklin to Al Green, from the