Jason Alvarez
Jason Alvarez (born December 28, 1951, as Jesús Álvarez) is a Cuban-born American Christian musician, worship leader, guitarist, and pastor, who primarily plays a Jesus music style of music. He has released eight studio albums and two extended play, during the solo part of his career, mostly with Instruments of War or independently. Early life. Jason Alvarez was born in Havana, Cuba, on December 28, 1951, as Jesús Álvarez. He was raised in Cuba, until 1959, when his mother removed him from church, heading to the U.S. Embassy, where they were placed on a freedom flight. While  they got to the United States, Alvarez was reared in Newark, New Jersey around other family members in the slums, for a decade. He was part of the band Brother to Brother, playing shows at clubs, where he came in contact with the woman who would become his wife, Gale. He joined Shirley & Company, after his departure from Brother to Brother where he was their background vocalist, on such hits as "Shame, Shame, Shame", which he and Shirley, (formerly of Shirley and Lee), sang live on The Midnight Special (TV series), in 1974. After all this fame, Alvarez was left  in a depression caused by financial problems, when he made a suicide attempt, however, it was unsuccessful, for at his wife's urging he became a confessed believer in Jesus Christ. He went from that moment to become an ordained minister on February 20, 1982, when his wife and himself started The Love of Jesus Family Church in Orange, New Jersey, where they now reside. This conversion facilitated Alvarez becoming a Jesus music artist. Music career. His solo music recording career began in 1981, with the album, "Just Give Me Jesus", that was released by Light Records. His next two  album, "The Lord Is a Man of War" in 1989 and "No Turning Back" in 1991, were released by Instruments of War Records. The next five albums were all independently released, "His Unfailing Love" in 2003, "All Yours: Live Worship" in 2009, "Pure Worship" in 2012, "Intimacy between Two Just You and God" in 2013, and "Time for Miracles" in 2015. He released two extended plays independently, "We Will Glorify" in 2007 and "Better Than Medicine" in 2012.