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Brenda Earle: Songs For A New Day

Read "Songs For A New Day" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

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 ...

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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.

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Ike Sturm: JazzMass

By Ike Sturm

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2009

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Ike Sturm: JazzMass

Read "JazzMass" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

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 ...

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Ike Sturm: JazzMass

Read "JazzMass" reviewed by Mark Corroto

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. ...

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Ike Sturm: JazzMass

Read "Ike Sturm: JazzMass" reviewed by Martin Gladu

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 ...

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Spirit

By Ike Sturm

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1) Spirit; 2) Acts; 3) Everdoing; 4) Together

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Ike Sturm: Spirit

Read "Spirit" reviewed by Mark Sabbatini

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 ...


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