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~ This Issue ~
Featured
Interview: Jazz
Pianist & Presbyterian minister
Bill Carter shares about
Jazz, spirituality, playing with his quartet
Presbybop, and jazzing it up in the church!
Read Interview here! Featured
Article: CJA
Network member and producer Eric Copeland's article, "Big
God...Little Creative People".
"Suddenly, you feel like, "What's the
point? What does God expect me to do? I certainly
can't break into the industry, or be special in my
huge church, forget gigs at the churches in my town
even!" ".... Read
more here!
New
Feature: Jazz Ed! Fresh ideas on Jazz, Theory, and Improvisation! This month Chuck
Marohnic has tips for improvising and David Arivett
has a lesson, "Jazz
Yer Blues" for helping you integrate more
jazzy voicings and changes into the blues! Check it
out!! These are free lessons!
20
Drills for Improvising! Excellent suggestions for
developing/improving your improv skills!
Visit
here! Jazz
Yer Blues! (includes music examples and midi files
from Bob James, Tribal Tech, and Yellow Jackets, ) Visit
here
Now
Available! CJA Compilation CD! Ken
Barker (Word Music) says, "I
am amazed at some of the creative, energetic
settings of favorite hymns! A very refreshing
collection!" Mark
Mclure (Saxophonist/Arranger) shares, "I've
really been enjoying the CD you sent me! It's been a
mainstay in my car stereo for the past three weeks.
There are some really creative and tasty cuts on it.
I'm pleasantly surprised and gratified to see such
an interest in jazz in the Christian community!"
Great new
hot jazz arrangements
of Hymns!
Brand
new release! CJA Network compilation CD
featuring members playing Jazz arrangements of
Hymns! 16 great renditions of Hymns served up in a wide
variety of flavors! To hear audio excerpts or to purchase this CD visit
here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome
New CJA Network Member Jazz
Pianist Cyrus Chestnut! Cyrus
Chestnut
began his musical career at the age
of six, playing piano at his hometown Baptist Church
in Baltimore. He continued studies at Peabody
University and then graduated from Berklee College
Of Music. He then began working as a side man for
Terence Blanchard, Wynton and Branford Marsalis,
Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillepsie, Donald Harrison, and
many others. He also worked with vocalists Jon
Hendricks, Joe Williams, and Betty Carter.
Besides
working as a sideman, as a leader he has released
many great recordings! In 2001 he released,
"Soul Food" featuring Christian McBride,
drummer Lewis Nash and special guests James Carter,
Stefon Harris, Wycliffe Gordon, and Marcus Printup.
This recording was included in DownBeat magazines
list of best recordings in 2002 and ascended to the
"top ten" on the jazz charts! He has also
played with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, The
Dizzy Gillepsie Big Band, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz
Orchestra.
Cyrus
continually tours with his trio, playing live at
Jazz festivals around the world as well as clubs and
concerts. As he describes, " I'm trying to
bring the spirit of joy to as many places as
possible!" Cyrus shares, "my latest
CD, "You Are My Sunshine", is an attempt
to dig deep into the spiritual forces that drive
music. I believe that God has given me this
wonderful gift of music, and that I am in charge
with the task of sharing this gift with as many
people as possible. So, from the church-house to the
bar-house, from the symphony hall to Sonny's
Showcase Lounge down in the hood, this task was
given to me and hopefully people will be inspired
and influenced in a very unique way." CyrusChestnut.com
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& Notable!
Jazz
Pianist Chuck
Marohnic has a new CD release,
"Trios" that
includes world class musicians bassists David
Friesen, Dave Phillips, Dwight Kilian and drummers
Joe LaBarbera, Tony Moreno and Dom Moio.
For
more info or to purchase visit
here!
Pat
Coil
is still touring with Michael McDonald and the
entire band and show is absolutely spectacular! For
a listing of cities they will be playing at visit
here.
Solomon's
Porch Christian Jazz Cafe recently
hosted several Christian Jazz Artists including CJA
Network Member Saxaphonist Gary
Meggs and the Exekiel 3:18 Band! Solomon's Porch is
located in The Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Owners Gene
and Nita Toliver are great fans and supporters of
Christian Jazz Artists! If your a Christian Jazz
Artist looking for a place to play E-mail them at:
Solomons_porch@sbcglobal.net or phone them at:
Phone: (972)
237-0335
CJA
member Chuck
Mandt will
be hosting a special Jazz Master Class featuring
acclaimed jazz pianist McCoy Tyner in a special
master class in conjunction with some of Atlanta’s
Top jazz educators. For more details
visit
here!
It's
been a busy season for Bill
Cantos & Mari Falcone....
While not on the road, Bill & Mari have been in
the studio working on new material with the
incredible Deniece Williams; more information on
that as it develops.....
Guitarist
Ric
Flauding
continues to wow audiences with his excellent guitar
playing! Here are some
upcoming concerts!
September 11th: "Break Forth"
worship conference, Phoenix, Arizona.
October 14th: "Sacred Grounds" jazz
series at "The Studio" church in
Scottsdale, Arizona.
Denver
& The Mile High Orchestra
recently played at the 2004 LifeLight Festival.
LifeLight is certainly one of the largest events in
the country, and has very quickly become one of the
nation’s largest Christian music festivals
featuring all styles of music, and crossing
generational, denominational, and cultural lines.
For more info about their tour dates visit here!
Saturday,
September 25, 2004
Riley
& Richburg will
be appearing at an in-store CD signing of their new
CD release at the John 3:16 Christian Bookstore,
from 1:00pm - 3:00pm, located at 7953 Annapolis
Road, Lanham, MD 20706 (301.459.5999) www.john316books.com
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Interested in
learning more about Jazz theory, technique, or
improvisation? Want to learn how to develop your ear
and transcribe music? Visit the Jazz Ed page for a
one stop collection including material from some of the top musicians in Jazz! Books,
Charts, CD's, DVD's,
Videos, Midi files and more here!
Free CJA
Downloads!
Each month we have free
downloads, Mp3's, midi files, and charts. This
month features lessons with examples from the music
of Bob James, The YellowJackets, And Tribal Tech!
Charts, Mp3's, and Midi Files free to download and
use!
As you can see Christian
Jazz Artists are very busy celebrating their gifts!
We are jazzed about
life...
We are jazzed about God!
Celebrate today and savor
the music!
"Just
imagine: a joyful Jesus! Haven't we had enough of grim
religion?"
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Swing
a New Song to the Lord!
Excellent
printed collection of jazz arrangements of
congregational music from over a dozen prominent jazz
composers and arrangers! Check it out here!
Resources
for Jazz Worship
Great
arrangements from Anderkamp Music that are accessible to the average church
orchestra! Check it out here!
THE
JAZZ HYMNAL BY CHUCK
MAROHNIC
Thought
provoking, yet highly singable jazz material for use
in the Sanctuary!
Preview
them here
Songs
Of David Jazz Worship Songs & Charts
Preview
them here
Jazz
Psalms
Daniel
Richardson & Angel Napieralski
Preview
them here
New Resources
for Jazz Worship!
Our
Jazz Worship Page is the place to get the very best
charts for your church band or Orchestra anywhere on
the Internet! Fresh new material to preview as well
as "jazzed up" Hymn arrangements are
available!
Big
Band ~ Ensembles ~ Praise Band
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Devotional
Thomas
Merton
"From
the rising of the sun to the going down of the sun the
name of the Lord is to be praised!"
Sunrise:
hidden by pines and cedars to the east, I saw the red
flame of the kingly sun glaring through the black trees,
not like dawn but like a forest fire. Then the sun
became distinguished as a person, and he shone silently
and with solemn power through the branches, and the
whole world was silent and calm.
Sunrise:
it is an event that calls forth solemn music in the very
depths of man’s nature, as if one’s whole being had
to attune itself to the cosmos and praise God for the
new day, praise him in the name of all the creatures
that ever were or will ever be. I look at the rising sun
and feel that now upon me falls the responsibility of
seeing what all my ancestors have seen…praising God
before me. Whether or not they praised him then,
for themselves, they must praise him now in me. When the
sun rises each one of us is summoned by the living and
the dead to praise God.
"From
the rising of the sun to the going down of the sun the
name of the Lord is to be praised!"
Why
Not Be Jazzed?
It's
always a good day, as long as your breathin,
It's
always a good day, as long as your swingin',
So
why not be jazzed, so why not be jazzed about life?
It's
always a good day, as long as your vertical,
It's
always a good day, as long as your not too critical,
So
why not be jazzed and show some pizzazz about life?
So
why not be jazzed, so why not be jazzed about life?
(Lyrics
by David Arivett)
Traditional
hymns that have been "jazzed"! A
new CD featuring CJA Network members served up in a
variety of jazz flavors!!
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