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The Book of Enoch Vol. 1
Enoch Smith Jr.
Label: Misfitme Music
Released: 2025
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Tracks
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho; Holy City; Soon and Very Soon; Christ Is All; A Quiet Place; Gratefully; Mitch's Moves
Personnel
Album Description
Sixth album for pianist/composer Enoch Smith Jr. follows a series of varied, gospel-influenced jazz albums by Smith, starting with his 2010 debut "Church Boy." Currently the Director of Music & Worship at the Allentown (NJ) Presbyterian Church, Smith leads its Jazz Vespers program, where he regularly performed various hymns with his trio of Kai Gibson, b, & David Hardy, d. The response to the music--from the congregation as well as the musicians themselves--led to this recording, which features rearranged & reimagined songs such as Andrae Crouch's "Soon and Very Soon," Kenneth Morris's "Christ Is All," & the immortal "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho," in which Smith endeavors to recapture how he felt when he heard Mahalia Jackson's version of this song.
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