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“That Will Be Good Enough for Me,” is a track from John P. Kee’s Tribute to a Legend: Rance Allen, Chapter 1, the first installment in a series of digital EP’s celebrating the life and legacy of the groundbreaking gospel pioneer, Rance Allen, who passed away in the fall of 2020. The Rev. James Cleveland wrote and first recorded the song in 1964 for a similarly titled Savoy Records LP. Allen dusted it off and made it his own on his 1972 Stax Records/Gospel Truth album, Truth is Where It’s At. And now, Kelontae Gavin, picks up where he left off. He rears back and lets his dynamic voice lean into this lushly orchestrated ballad that starts off with the familiar lyrics, “I’ve never been to Paris in the spring or in the fall. I’ve never been to India to see the Taj Mahal.” Gavin’s voice effortlessly fluctuates between melodiously enunciated phrases to ferocious squalls as Kee provides standout backing vocals. It’s a show stopping performance that Gavin finishes with a perfect recreation of one of Allen’s intricate, trademark vocal runs. That’s good enough for us.