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Featured Articles

The Coltrane Test by Charlie Peacock... "there is so much to learn about a musical life in Christ. Don't be discouraged if you are not on the same planet as John Coltrane, few musicians are. Still, have eyes to see and ears to hear. And be inspired.  When you are laid to rest may it be said of you that a Love Supreme drove your every thought and deed." Read more here!

God, Church, And All That Jazz... "Jazz is a spiritual movement, it gets the adrenalin rushing when we play it. Gospel music is an adrenalin-raising type music anyway, with its shouts, its counter-rhythms, it is an emotional music, and jazz people like that. Jazz touches a card, a deeper card, where people are moved into responding to the music... It is about spontaneity but that is still in harmony with the rest, and inviting people to talk about their salvation, to talk about their journey, to talk about their struggles, to talk about their agony, jazz does that". Read more here!

CJA Network Artists Doing Benefit Concerts for Katrina/Rita victims!

Jazz Pianist Pat Coil was recently the music director for a Katrina benefit concert in Nashville, TN called "Gospel Angels", featuring a host of CCM and Gospel artists. Pat is also giving all the proceeds from his CD, "True North" to the Red Cross for the Katrina victims.

Angel Melendez And The 911 Mambo Orchestra recently played a benefit concert Oct. 6 for the Katrina/Rita Hurricane victims in Chicago. Proceeds are being sent to the Easter Seals Gulf Coast Relief Disaster Fund. Location:

Jazz Pianist Paul English is founder of the organization, "NOAHleans" that is specifically set up to help musicians affected by the Katrina/Rita disasters! Part of Noah's mission is to find employment for musicians from the stricken area and to assist them and their families with relocating. Visit here for more info or call (713) 805-9118

CJA Network member Saxophonist Gary Hallquist and his family live in New Orleans and had to evacuate. They escaped with only their lives and a few belongings! They are now going back to see if anything is left! Please pray for Gary and family at this most difficult and trying time! If you want to contact him here is the info:

Gary Hallquist
c/o Aubrey Edwards
1277 Branchwater Lane
Birmingham, AL 35216
   ghallquist@gmail.com

New and Notable

Bassist Todd Johnson has a brand new Bass instruction DVD,  "The Walking Bass Line Module System". The instruction takes the "mystery" out of learning to play walking bass lines by breaking it down into small "bite size" chunks that anyone can "digest!" For more info visit here!

Jazz Pianist/composer Chuck Marohnic continues his series of resources for, "Jazz In The Sanctuary"  with a new Play-along CD with book of arrangements written in concert key, and also for Bb and Eb instruments. It's ideal for singers and instrumentalists that don't have access to professional level jazz accompaniment. There are 9 selections, all familiar church hymns, and 18 tracks. 9 tracks have piano, bass and drums accompaniment and 9 are minus the piano, designed for keyboard and guitar players. This product is now available immediately at www.sanctuaryjazz.com/store

Pianist/composer David Arivett recently held another "Jazz, Jeans, and Jesus" concert featuring a wide variety of jazz, both instrumental and vocal. Besides a hot horn and rhythm section, the Fresh Fire Vocal ensemble and CJA Network member Saxophonist Larry Cangelosi both provided great work! Look for charts for many of the songs used for this concert here!

Jazz Pianist/Vocalist Peggy Duquesnel recently performed a concert with her jazz quartet at Saddleback College. She and quartet performed several original compositions in an intimate concert setting.

The Vacaville Jazz Society recently held their  3rd annual Gospel Jazz Sunday - "Freedom's Gate" which starts at Saint Mary's Church with "Jazz Mass" at 10:30 A.M. (performances by Bill Bachmann & the American Heritage Band. The Saint Mary's Church Choir featuring Tina Benedict also sang. The festival continued in downtown Vacaville, Ca. with two separate stages set up with a dozen Gospel choirs and bands performing.

A Sacred Jazz Concert featuring, " TO HOPE" A Celebration by Dave Brubeck Saturday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m. The music was composed in 1981 by Dave Brubeck. Featured performers include the Matt Michaels Trio, jazz saxophonist Chris Collins, the Archdiocesan Chorus and orchestra and the Wayne State University Concert Chorale, under the direction of Norah Duncan IV.Tickets: $20.00, $30.00 at the door. This concert will be held in Detroit, MI 48202. Tickets may be ordered by visiting: http://cathedralconcerts.tix.com or by calling 1-800-595-4TIX (4849). For additional information, call 313-865-6300, ext. 227 or 248-763-8416

Gigs for Christian Jazzers!

Potential gigs for CJA Network artists at Christian Night Clubs in Boston (and they will be opening a second one in Miami early next year.)  The clubs have a Jazz feel and they are spinning off a second club in Boston that will be totally dedicated exclusively to Christian Jazz.  Check out their site at www.crazypraze.org  You can also contact: Pastor Keith L. Odom Senior Pastor 617-327-6876  kodom@citypraisechurch.org

The 2006 EUROPAfest will be held May 7-13 in Bucharest, Romania and they are looking for groups to play at the event. All the expenses for the accommodation, meals, internal transportation, promotion, posters, programs, concert halls and technical equipment are covered by them. All you need to do is cover your expenses to get there. For more info contact Luigi Gageos.

Jeunesses Musicales Romania
C.P. 13 - 63, Bucharest 13
Tel: + 40 722 383 542
Fax: + 40 21 323 66 00
E-mail: jmrluigi@dial.kappa.ro
Web: www.jmEvents.ro

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"Just imagine: a joyful Jesus! Haven't we had enough of grim religion?"

 

CJA Network member Mark McClure has a great smooth-jazz flavored worship recording, "The Power Of Your Love" that you will really love! Four of the songs on the CD have complete orchestrations available (from Word Music) for those who wish to integrate more jazz into your worship services! There is also piano/instrumental books for all the songs on the CD. To hear audio excerpts or to order visit here!

THE JAZZ HYMNAL BY CHUCK MAROHNIC

Thought provoking, yet highly singable jazz material for use in the Sanctuary!

Preview them here!

New From Chuck Marohnic

"Jazz In The Sanctuary"  with a new Play-along CD with book of arrangements written in concert key, and also for Bb and Eb instruments. More info here:

www.sanctuaryjazz.com/store-books.asp

Keyboardist/arranger Todd Billingsley has many excellent jazz flavored arrangements for the worship band at www.resources4worship.com

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!

Free CJA Downloads!

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!

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For more in-depth product info visit here!

 "Jazz Yer Blues" Keyboard Lessons are available by David Arivett here!

Chuck Marohnic has a new instruction book, "Improvising Made Easy For The Modern Church Musician". More info here!

Jazz Resources for Organ & Sax!

 If you have a church organ and want to blend in some jazz to a more traditional worship service check out these excellent resources available here!

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Devotional

God's life is like wonderful, eternal music. God the Father creates this exquisite symphony and pours it out into the universe through the Son. Jesus of Nazareth is the transcription of the music in a human life, a theme played without distortion in his life, death and resurrection. He is the original transcription of that divine, eternal music into a form playable on finite, human instruments. We hear that music transcribed in him and we take it up ourselves, or we are taken up by it ourselves.

 Rev. Lowell Grisham