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Offertory - The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (feat. Tierney Sutton & Kurt Elling) by Chris Walden

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Album Title: Missa Iubileum Aureum: Golden Jubilee Jazz Mass
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022

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About the Album

From his own big band albums, to his Grammy-nominated ‘Symphony No. 1,’ or his hundreds of credits in film, TV, and writing for some of the world's biggest artists, composer/arranger Chris Walden has never shied away from monumental musical challenges. With ‘Missa Iubileum Aurem,’ Walden was commissioned by trombonist and Napa Valley entrepreneur Ted Hall, in celebration of his 50th Wedding Anniversary, to find an original approach to melding jazz with the awe-inspiring tradition of the liturgical Mass. Recruiting "cantors" Kurt Elling and Tierney Sutton, along with the Los Angeles and Bay Area artists of the LMR Jazz Orchestra, and organist Simon Berry with St. Dominic’s Schola Cantorum choir, Walden has created a soaring masterpiece. Ted Hall's 55-year dedication to connecting 2000 years of liturgical music with jazz began as trombonist with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band at The Village Vanguard. Performing on the 1969 national PBS broadcast of The Requiem Mass for Robert Kennedy led to Hall’s first uncompleted work in 1970, followed by a Dmitri Matheny-penned New Millennium Mass, ‘Spiritu Sancto’ - performed at San Francisco's St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, midnight, December 31, 1999 - and ultimately, this ‘Missa Iubileum Aurem,’ celebrating love and the promise of eternal spiritual life, as a singular, joyous Golden Jubilee experience.

Tracks

Kyrie; Gloria; Alleluia; Credo; Offertory - The Passionate Shepherd to His Love; Sanctus; Memorial Acclamation; Great Amen; Agnus Dei; Communion; Thanks Be to God.

Personnel

Chris Walden

arranger

Tierney Sutton

vocals

Kurt Elling

vocals

Mary Fettig

woodwinds

Ben Torres

woodwinds

Tom Scott

saxophone, tenor

Steve Steinberg

woodwinds

Aaron Lington

saxophone, baritone

Wayne Bergeron

trumpet

Niel Levonius

trumpet

Marvin McFadden

trumpet

Larry Lunetta

trumpet

Michael Davis

trombone

Jon Brummel

trombone

Mark Lawrence

guitar

Dan Gordon

trombone

Brian Nova

guitar

Shelly Berg

piano

Carlitos del Puerto

bass, electric

Gary Novak

drums

Additional Personnel

Curt Moore: vibraphone; Simon Berry: organist & choir director; St. Dominic’s Schola Cantorum: choir.

Reviews

Missa Iubileum Aureum: Golden Jubilee Jazz Mass by Jack Bowers

Date featured

July 21, 2022

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