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Brenda Earle: Songs For A New Day
by Marcia Hillman
Brenda Earle has a well-trained, sweet-sounding, pure voice and piano and songwriting skills that are displayed ably in this, her fifth album. The New York-based Canadian native is abetted by Ike Sturm (bass), Jackie Lewis (guitars) and Jared Schonig (drums), as well as guest appearances of one track each by saxophonist Joel Frahm and cellist Lauren ...
JazzMass
By Ike Sturm
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing: Kyrie; Gloria; Interlude; Hymn: Just As I Am; Offertory: Stillness; Santus; Thanksgiving; Our Father; Agnus Dei; Hymn: Shine.
Ike Sturm: JazzMass
by Woodrow Wilkins
There are people who believe jazz, like the blues, is unholy or “devil's music." However, the spirituality of many jazz artists comes through in their writing, and bassist/composer/arranger Ike Sturm is one of them. Sturm is musical director for the jazz ministry at Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan. The institution has a tradition of ...
Ike Sturm: JazzMass
by Mark Corroto
Because of its transcendent nature, listening to jazz is often considered to be a spiritual experience. Certainly listening to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1964) is a larger-than-life experience. Same can be said of bassist Ike Sturm's JazzMass, a 10-part construction for jazz septet, voices and strings that presents prayer and music as a sacrament. ...
Ike Sturm: JazzMass
by Martin Gladu
Ike SturmJazzMassSelf Produced2009 Ask any jazz fans if he or she knows “When The Saints Go Marching In" or John Coltrane's anthem “A Love Supreme" and you will most probably get an affirmative nod. Those versed in the music's history might even know Duke Ellington's “Come Sunday" or ...
Ike Sturm: Spirit
by Mark Sabbatini
Like a good house guest, Ike Sturm leaves you wanting more. The bassist and composer puts together an impressive contemporary jazz orchestra effort on his debut album, Spirit, but with four songs totaling 32 minutes, one wishes he'd share more ideas from his ten-member ensemble. Strum composes pieces weekly as musical director for jazz ...
