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*Sacred Hymns & Spirituals* Choral music that swings and grooves with top musicians jamming in a range of sacred jazz styles.
CD ~~$15.00~~ $12.95 This CD is for you if you enjoy choral music that swings and grooves with top musicians jamming in a range of sacred jazz styles including swing, Latin, blues and gospel. 51:19	This is the renowned First Community Church Chancel Choir’s first recording of sacred jazz music and its first collaboration with the talented composer and pianist, Bradley Sowash. Composer, arranger, and trumpet performer Tom Battenberg has been an important part of the church’s music program for over three decades in concerts, church services, and recordings. The Chancel Choir has a long history of excellence in the field of church music: in worship, concerts, recordings, and tours both in this country and in Europe. This Jazz Service was recorded live on February 13, 2005.
Tracks and Samples 1. This One's for Mamie - Tom Battenberg 2. Come Sunday - Duke Ellington 3. We Gather Together - arr. Bradley Sowash 4. I Am One Wih the Spirit - arr. Bradley Sowash 5. For the Beauty of the Earth - arr. Bradley Sowash 6. Soon and Very Soon - Andrae Crouch, arr. Jack Schrader 7. Ride the Chariot - arr. William Henry Smith 8. Poor, Wayfaring Stranger - arr. Bradley Sowash 9. Doxology - arr. Bradley Sowash 10. Like A Mother Who Has Borne Us - arr. Bradley Sowash 11. Witness - arr. Jack Halloran 12. Let Us Break Bread Together - arr. Bradley Sowash 13. Amen, Amen - arr. Bradley Sowash 14. HTM Jazz Samba - Tom Battenberg	Related Product Sacred & Inspirational Keyboard Favorites Performances from "The Piano Guy" PBS series
Bradley Sowash Quintet with the First Community Church Choir Customer Comment Will you please tell bradley how much I love his CD. It is great food for the soul and sometimes, like good food, just "hits the spot! - Audrey D.
Review All About Jazz Although jazz musicians have been dabbling with spiritual music for years, few have combined the two into an entire worship service. Ronald Jenkins, the musical director of First Community Church in Columbus, Ohio, is not one to shy away from such a task. His past achievements include a service comprised of Mozart’s music and a patriotic Fourth of July service, and the Christmas service retains the services of members of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Although a service made up entirely of jazz and spirituals is a little off the beaten path, the church claims two talented jazz musicians among its members, a top-notch choir, and a congregation willing to embrace experiments such as these. This recording captures the music from the service (omitting the sermon and readings) and by and large demonstrates the keen arranging skills of pianist Bradley Sowash. Sowash has spent a large part of his career recording appealing jazzy religious music for solo piano; here, several selections from those recordings are arranged for a full choir and jazz quintet. Many of the songs not surprisingly feature a light, engaging style that is reminiscent of Vince Guaraldi—after all, most people don’t want anything too edgy before noon. Most of the songs are old spirituals and hymns sung fairly straight by the choir with a hint of jazz underneath and a brief solo that pokes out now and then. Although most of the service sticks to the familiar, the quintet does get to play some straightahead jazz in the two pieces by trumpeter Tom Battenberg that bookend the service and a moody version of “Poor, Wayfaring Stranger” that divides the service in two. Once again Sowash’s crisp, bouncy playing guides the quintet through the pieces, and Battenberg and saxophonist Pete Mills contribute sparkling solos that surely rattled the collection plates. Although a project of this sort will always be greeted with skepticism by jazz lovers, for the most part the music from the service successfully combines jazz chops with gospel singing. Sacred Jazz and Spirituals leans more toward the spiritual than the secular, but surely there are some churchgoing jazz fans out there who will be delighted to hear it. It’s likely that, given the popularity of the jazz service the first time around, First Community Church will do it again. All involved are commended for successfully bringing jazz, quite literally, to the masses. - David Rickert Reprinted with permission. Copyright (c) 2005 AllAboutJazz.com and David Rickert.