Sample Jazz Vespers Service
THE CHAPEL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
THE GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Thursday, 18 November 1999 5:30 PM
Evensong
PRELUDE Nuages D. Reinhardt/M. Ageron
OPENING SENTENCES AND COLLECTS Book of Common Prayer, 109-110
(All stand)
O GRACIOUS LIGHT Book of Common Prayer, 112
MUSICAL OFFERING All of Me S. Simons/G.Marks
(All are seated)
PSALM 150 Book of Common Prayer, 807
LESSON
MUSICAL OFFERING A Child Is Born T. Jones
LESSON
HOMILY Dean Ewing
MUSICAL OFFERING Solo Piano Improvisation L. Musiker
THE PRAYERS
(All stand)
THE LORD’S PRAYER Book of Common Prayer, 121
SUFFRAGES B Book of Common Prayer, 122
COLLECTS Book of Common Prayer, 123-124
MUSICAL OFFERING Come Sunday D. Ellington
(All are seated)
A GENERAL THANKSGIVING Book of Common Prayer, 836
(All stand)
OFFERTORY Pennies From Heaven A. Johnston/J. Burke
(All are seated)
PRAYER OF ST.CHRYSOSTOM Book of Common Prayer, 126
(All stand)
BLESSING AND DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Israel J. Carisi
Jazz Vespers emerges as a synthesis of traditions, a blending of an age old liturgywith the unique heritage we call jazz. With a freshness that is open to God’s Spirit,this musical tradition sounds the hopes, dreams, joys, frustrations and pain thatexpresses human experience, while exploring a musical vocabulary that transcendsthe limits of the written or spoken word.
MUSICIANS: LEE MUSIKER PIANO
BOB RENINIO, BASS
MIKE BERKOWITZ, DRUMS
NORM FREEMAN, VIBES