Liturgical Jazz
| Liturgical Jazz | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, liturgical music | |||
| Label | Ecclesia ER-101 | |||
| Ed Summerlin chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [1][2] |
Liturgical Jazz is the first studio album by tenor saxophonist/composer-arranger Ed Summerlin. It was recorded and released in 1959 on the Ecclesia label.
Reception[edit]
Liturgical Jazz was billed as "a musical setting of an order of morning prayer." Down Beat awarded the album 4½ star stars, writing that "the combination of music and speech builds to tingling climaxes." It praised in particular Summerlin's deployment of a "drum solo behind the benediction," as well as "the walking bass backing the general confession," noting that these choices are "not only imaginative but also serve a function of greatly enhancing these parts of the service.[2]
Track listing[edit]
- Prelude
- Collect for purity of heart
- Hymn of praise: "Love Divine" (Charles Wesley)
- Service of Confession: Scripture sentences; Call to Confession; General Confession; Prayer of Absolution; The Lord's Prayer -- Service of the Word: Versicle; Venite ; Old Testament hymn (Psalm 6) ; Old Testament Lesson (Hosea 14:1-7,9)
- Te Deum
- New Testament Lesson (II Peter 1:3-11)
- Benedictus
- The Apostles' Creed
- Witness to the Word: Sermon
- Service of Offering: Song Without Words (In place of Anthem); Versicle; Collect of the Day; Collect for Peace; Collect for Grace to Live Well; The Grace
- After-service: Hymn: "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (Charles Wesley)
All track information accessed via the UMKC's Nichols Library collection.[3]
Personnel[edit]
- Composed and conducted by Ed Summerlin.
- Text read by Roger Ortmayer.
Featured soloists:
- Ed Summerlin – tenor saxophone
- Tom Wirtel – trumpet [4]
References[edit]
- ^ Johnson, David Brent. "Sacred Blue: Jazz Goes to Church in the 1960s" Indiana Public Media. April 19, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ a b Lees, Gene; De Michael, Don, editor (1961). Down Beat's Jazz Record Reviews, Volume 5. New York: Maher Publications.
- ^ Track listing & additional info. MOBIUS. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ "Liturgical Jazz". Stereo Review. Volume 4. Retrieved 2013-03-28.