Liturgical Jazz

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Liturgical Jazz
Liturgical Jazz.jpg
Studio album by
Ed Summerlin
Released1959
GenreJazz, Liturgical music
LabelEcclesia
ER-101
Ed Summerlin chronology
Liturgical Jazz
(1959) 		Improvisational Jazz Workshop
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat4.5/5 stars[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[]

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[]

  1. Prelude
  2. Collect for purity of heart
  3. Hymn of praise: "Love Divine" (Charles Wesley)
  4. 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)
  5. Te Deum
  6. New Testament Lesson (II Peter 1:3-11)
  7. Benedictus
  8. The Apostles' Creed
  9. Witness to the Word: Sermon
  10. 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
  11. After-service: Hymn: "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (Charles Wesley)

All track information accessed via the UMKC's Nichols Library collection.[3]

Personnel[]

  • Composed and conducted by Ed Summerlin.
  • Text read by Roger Ortmayer.

Featured soloists:

  • Ed Summerlin – tenor saxophone
  • Tom Wirtel – trumpet [4]

References[]

  1. ^ Johnson, David Brent. "Sacred Blue: Jazz Goes to Church in the 1960s" Indiana Public Media. April 19, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Lees, Gene; De Michael, Don, editor (1961). Down Beat's Jazz Record Reviews, Volume 5. New York: Maher Publications.
  3. ^ Track listing & additional info. MOBIUS. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  4. ^ "Liturgical Jazz". Stereo Review. Volume 4. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
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