Pastor John P. Kee brought his full ministry to the NPR Tiny Desk, performing with a four-piece band and a seven-person choir in a nine-song set that moved through nearly four decades of gospel output with authority and joy. From the reverent stillness of “I Believe” and “Lily in the Valley” to the full-throttle praise of “Oh How Wondrous” and “Mighty God,” the performance delivers every essential of Black gospel tradition, call and response, modulation, choir section solos and unguarded full-throated singing, in one of the most spiritually charged Tiny Desk concerts the series has produced.


