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Liturgical Jazz

Liturgical Jazz is the first studio album by tenor saxophonist/composer-arranger Ed Summerlin. It was recorded and released in 1959 on the Ecclesia label.

Liturgical Jazz was billed as "a musical setting of an order of morning prayer." Down Beat awarded the album 4½ stars, writing that "the combination of music and speech builds to tingling climaxes." It praised in particular Summerlin's deployment of a "drum solo behind the benediction," as well as "the walking bass backing the general confession," noting that these choices are "not only imaginative but also serve a function of greatly enhancing these parts of the service.

All track information accessed via the UMKC's Nichols Library collection.

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