Masters V

Masters V
Origin	United States
Genres	Southern Gospel
Years active	1980–1988
Labels	Skylite
Past members
Hovie Lister J. D. Sumner James Blackwood Jake Hess Rosie Rozell

The Masters Five or Masters V was a Southern Gospel Music quartet founded in 1980 by Hovie Lister as a special consolidation of well-known performers from The Statesmen Quartet and The Blackwood Brothers.^[1] The group featured J.D. Sumner as bass, Rosie Rozell as tenor, James Blackwood and Jake Hess alternating between lead and baritone, and Lister on piano.^[2] Their self-titled debut album, The Masters V, won the 1981 Grammy Award for best traditional gospel performance.^[3] The quartet subsequently endured several personnel changes, often due to health and age-related issues.^[2] The group's final performance was in 1988.

Discography

• The Masters V (1981) Skylite SLP 6256; reissued as How Great Thou Art (1988) Temple Records
• O What a Savior (1982 ) Skylite SLP 6265 (Rozell, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• The Masters V Present Their Majestic Bass, J.D. Sumner (1982) Skylite
• The Legendary Masters V (1982) Skylite SLP 6282 (Rozell, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• Featuring… (1983) Skylite (Nielsen, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• Live at the Joyful Noise (1983) Skylite (Nielsen, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• Thru the Years (1984) Skylite (Warren, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• Good Things (1984) Skylite (Warren, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• The Master’s Hymns (1985) Skylite (Warren, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• The Masters V Present Their Magnificent Bass, J.D. Sumner (1985) Skylite (Warren, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• Sing Fabulous Blackwood Brothers Hits (1985) Skylite (Warren, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• The Masters V Present 50 Years with the Fabulous James Blackwood (1985) Skylite Records
• Classics of Yesteryear (1986) Skylite SLP 6363 (Warren, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• Have a Little Faith (1986) Merinet
• Sing Me a Song About Jesus (1987) Riversong (Warren, Blackwood, Hess, Sumner, Lister)
• The Legend Lives On (1988) Skylite (Nielsen, Toney, Hill, Sumner, Lister)
• Sing Award Winning Songs of JD Sumner (1988) Skylite
• Superlative Bass JD Sumner (1988)
• The Original Masters Five (1991) Bibletone Records

Members

• Hovie Lister 1980-1988
• J.D. Sumner 1980-1988
• James Blackwood 1980-1987
• Jake Hess 1980-1987
• Rosie Rozell 1980-1983
• Shaun Nielsen 1983/1988
• Steve Warren 1984-1987
• Chris Hess
• Tommy Thompson
• Buddy Burton
• Charles Yates
• Ed Hill 1987-1988
• Jack Toney 1988

References

1. ^ Miller, Zell (June 1996). They Heard Georgia Singing. Mercer University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0865545045. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "The Masters Five", GOGR Music History, Grand Ole Gospel Reunion, 2005
3. ^ Cusic, Don (April 2002). The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel and Christian Music. Hal Leonard Corp. p. 447. ISBN 978-0634029387.