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#jazzchurch 43 – Sunday, February 21, 2021 – featured music by Abdullah Ibrahim, Charles Mingus, Bennie Maupin, Miles Davis, Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, and Michael Brecker, among others shown below:

1. Sister Cheryl (Tony Williams)
2. Good Morning (Robert Glasper)
3. African Market Place (Abdullah Ibrahim)
4. Humpty Dumpty (Akio Sasajima feat. Joe Henderson)
5. From the Lonely Afternoons (Wayne Shorter)
6. All Blues (Herbie Hancock)
7. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Charles Mingus)
8. Rhythm Man (Do Not Disturb) (Bebop & Beyond)
9. Little Sunflower (Phil Ranelin)
10. Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind) (Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson)
11. Waltzin’ In (Freddie Redd)
12. The Jewel In the Lotus (The Bennie Maupin Quartet)
13. Early Reflections (The Bennie Maupin Quartet)
14. Inner Sky (The Bennie Maupin Quartet)
15. The Glide (Oregon)
16. Seven Steps To Heaven (Miles Davis)
17. The Nearness of You (Michael Brecker)
18. Aisha (Sfjazz Collective)
19. Easy Now (Orrin Evans)
20. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (Michael Brecker)
21. So Near, So Far (Miles Davis)
22. Tuskeegee #626 (Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson)
23. Racetrack in France (Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson)
24. Joshua (Miles Davis)

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Note: See RIP Chick Corea for a little of my story about experiencing Chick’s music.

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#jazzchurch 42 – Sunday, February 14, 2021 – featured some of my favorite music by Chick Corea:

1. Vulcan Worlds (Chick Corea)
2. Spain (Chick Corea)
3. Children’s Song (Chick Corea)
4. 500 Miles High (Chick Corea)
5. Return To Forever (Chick Corea)
6. Crystal Silence (Chick Corea)
7. Sorceress (Return To Forever)
8. The Romantic Warrior (Return To Forever feat. Chick Corea)
9. Waltse For Dave (Chick Corea)
10. No Mystery (Return To Forever feat. Chick Corea)
11. Interplay (eturn To Forever feat. Chick Corea)
12. Celebration Suite Part II (Return To Forever feat. Chick Corea)
13. Song To John, Part 1 (Stanley Clarke feat. Chick Corea)
14. Song To John, Part 2 (Stanley Clarke feat. Chick Corea)
15. Quartet No.1 (Chick Corea)
16. Quartet No.3/Quartet No.2 (Chick Corea)
17. Part 2 (Chick Corea)
18. Windows (Chick Corea)
19. Humpty Dumpty (Chick Corea)
20. Terrain (Chick Corea Quartet)
21. If I Should Lose You (Harvey Mason, Chick Corea & Dave Carpenter)
22. Waltse For Dave (Chick Corea, Harvey Mason)
23. Tones for Joan’s Bones (Chick Corea)
24. On Green Dolphin Street (Chick Corea)
25. Inner Urge (Joe Henderson feat. Chick Corea)
26. Alice In Wonderland (Chick Corea Trio)
27. Do You Ever (Return To Forever feat. Chick Corea)
28. The Endless Night (Return To Forever feat. Chick Corea)

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I first encountered Chick Corea in 1975. I had moved to Albany, NY, for a job in the State Assembly. I’m not sure how I first heard it, but “Vulcan Worlds” from the “Where Have I Known You Before” album by Return To Forever featuring Chick Corea became my song. Written by the band’s bassist, Stanley Clarke, it makes sense I would love it!

My wife and I went to see RTF at Russell Sage College in Troy. We arrived a bit early and walked to a store to get some soda (obviously Coke in my case). The concert started just as we were walking toward the auditorium through fog and mist. I loved hearing the first notes of Vulcan Worlds as we approached and settled into our seats! It was magic, and the concert did not disappoint!

We went to see Chick Corea perform duets with Herbie Hancock at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (or SPAC). Herbie introduced a song by saying they were going to make their pianos talk to each other. It was thrilling. We couldn’t hear the precise words, but it was a conversation in every way.

The next morning, I took a flight to NYC, and guess who was on the plane? Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea!! I got to tell them how much I enjoyed the concert the night before, especially the conversation between the pianos. I’ll always carry the smile on Chick’s face with me!

There was also a duet concert at SPAC featuring Chick and Gary Burton. When they came back out after a standing ovation following the set, Chick said something like, “Encore? What should we play?” My friend Reggie and I, without prompting or coordination, both stood up in our second-row seats, cupped our hands over our mouths, and shouted, “SPAIN“ at the top of our lungs! Maybe we weren’t the only ones (we were first!!), and perhaps that was the obvious choice, but our very loud wishes came true.

We saw different RTF incarnations when we lived in NYC and saw Chick in San Francisco and twice here in Seattle. I subscribed to his online instruction channel for awhile.

Even though I saw Chick Corea perform live on many occasions, it’s his recorded music that reverberates through my being after years of incessant listening. I loved and will continue to love his many recordings, including new music I’m just discovering.

It has been wonderful to read all the thoughtful reflections on his life as a musician, friend, and person. There are a lot of lessons there. He lived a great life, one that can inspire all of us to live our lives to the fullest and to help others along the way. I love that idea.

Thanks for the music and your life of inspiration, Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea. RIP as you return to forever.

Note: #JazzChurch 42 episode (2/14/2021) featured some of Chick Corea’s music and performances that have resonated with me over the years.

While testing microphone and music levels for Sunday’s edition of #JazzChurch, I found myself sauntering down memory lane…

#jazzchurch 41 – Sunday, February 7, 2021 – featured music by John Coltrane, Betty Carter, Chet Baker, Tank and The Bangas, Erykah Badu, and Sade, among others shown below:

1. Dahomey Dance (John Coltrane)
2. I Love Music (Betty Carter)
3. Hello Sunshine (Maceo Woods & The Christian Tabernacle Concert Choir)
4. Ostinato (Suite For Angela) (Herbie Hancock)
5. Neverend (Joshua Redman)
6. Via Mwandishi (Christian McBride)
7. Nubian Queen (Cornelius Claudio Kreusch - Black Mud Sound)
8. India (John Coltrane)
9. Go (Wayne Shorter)
10. Weak (Gretchen Parlato)
11. Obsequious (Alex Sipiagin, Boris Koslov, Antionio Sanchez & Adam Rogers)
12. Arboretum (Tony Williams)
13. Funk In Deep Freeze (Chet Baker)
14. Boxes And Squares (Tank And The Bangas)
15. Move On Up (Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio)
16. Think Twice (Erykah Badu featuring Roy Hargrove)
17. Appletree (Erykah Badu)
18. Boogie Nights/All Night (Erykah Badu)
19. Ana Maria (Wayne Shorter)
20. Au Rêve (Cassius)
21. Maureen (Sade)
22. Funk Is Here to Stay (Amp Fiddler)
23. You’ll Know When You Get There (Herbie Hancock)

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I caught myself singing along with Earth, Wind, and Fire on #JazzChurch 40 today. All is forgiven because you won’t actually hear me sing!

Brazilian Rhyme - #JazzChurch Style from Bill Berry on Vimeo.

#jazzchurch 40 – Sunday, January 31, 2021 – featured music by the SFJAZZ Collective, Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Charles Lloyd, Earth, Wind & Fire, and John Abercrombie, among others:

1. ETA (Lee Pardini)
2. Your Turn (Live) (SFJAZZ Collective)
3. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Archie Shepp & Jason Moran)
4. Go Down Moses (Charles Lloyd Quartet)
5. Human (Shai Maestro, Philip Dizack, Jorge Roeder & Ofri Nehemya)
6. Hymn to Freedom (feat. Ed Thigpen & Steve Wallace) (Oliver Jones)
7. In the Kitchen (Cedar Walton, Christian McBride, Javon Jackson & Jimmy Cobb)
8. Dindi (Harvey Mason, Brad Mehldau & Larry Grenadier)
9. Overjoyed (Danilo Perez)
10. Modus Operandy (Michael Brecker Quindectet)
11. Pepe Linque (feat. Glen Rich Moore) (Oregon)
12. A Little Sweeter (Rodney Kendrick)
13. Clear Cut Boogie (Sonny Rollins)
14. When It Was Now (Weather Report)
15. Fortress Around Your Heart (Sting)
16. Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire)
17. Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude) (Earth, Wind & Fire)
18. Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude) (Earth, Wind & Fire) Yes, played twice!!!
19. Brazilian Rhyme (aka Ponta de Areia) (Earth, Wind & Fire)
20. Ponta De Areia (Wayne Shorter)
21. I Didn’t Know What Time it Was (Buster Williams)
22. Still (John Abercrombie)
23. Languta (Hugh Masekela)
24. Ralph’s Piano Waltz (John Abercrombie)
25. East of the Sun (West of the Sun) (Joshua Redman)
26. Sisyphe (Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret & Julian Sartorius)
27. Nachiketa’s Lament (Charles Lloyd)

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#jazzchurch 39 – Sunday, January 24, 2021 – featured music by Miles Davis, Bobby Hutcherson, Branford Marsalis, Return to Forever, Indra Rios-Moore, Johnny Nash, and Gil Scott-Heron, among others shown below:

1. Minority (Dezron Douglas)
2. Nefertiti (Miles Davis)
3. Take The Coltrane (Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)
4. A Night In Barcelona (Bobby Hutcherson)
5. Doctone (Branford Marsalis Quartet)
6. Procession (Bobby Hutcherson)
7. Sorceress (Return To Forever)
8. Trieste (Branford Marsalis Quartet)
9. Cherokee (Kamasi Washington)
10. All Matter (Robert Glasper Experiment)
11. Poem For # 15 (Steve Kuhn / Steve Swallow)
12. Heroes (Indra Rios-Moore)
13. To a New Day (Sinne Eeg & The Danish Radio Big Band)
14. Lady Day and John Coltrane (Gil Scott-Heron)
15. New York Minute (Herbie Hancock)
16. New View (Albert Rivera)
17. The Man With the Horn (Miles Davis)
18. 1-2-3 (Len Barry)
19. I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)
20. Eternal (Indra Rios-Moore)
21. Eternal (Branford Marsalis)
22. A Minor Blues (Lee Konitz)
23. Minor Blues (Kenny Barron Trio)

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#jazzchurch 38 – Sunday, January 17, 2021 – featured music by Kenny Garrett, Kenny Kirkland, Living Colour, Elvin Jones, Black/Note, Meklit Hadero, and Madeleine Peyroux, among others shown below:

1. Syzygy (Michael Brecker)
2. Pushing the World Away (Kenny Garrett)
3. Nubian Breakdown (Bobby Watson)
4. Necessary Evil (Elvin Jones)
5. Homegrown (Rymden – Wesseltoft, Berglund, and Öström)
6. Beatrice (Elvin Jones Jazz Machine)
7. Haynes Here (Kenny Garrett)
8. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (Lee Konitz & Red Mitchell)
9. Spleen (Richard Galliano)
10. Look to the Sky (Take 1) (John McNeil & Tom Harrell)
11. El Rey (Kenny Kirkland)
12. Steepian Faith (Kenny Kirkland)
13. Mixolydia (Hugh Masekela)
14. Think Twice (Donald Byrd)
15. Wade: Hurricane Suite: Storm Warning (Dr. John)
16. Be.YOU.tiful (John Beasley MONK’estra Plays John Beasley)
17. Walk Up (Meklit Hadero)
18. Dance Me To the End of Love (Madeleine Peyroux)
19. What’s Your Favorite Color? (Living Colour)
20. No Introduction (Black/Note)
21. Doc Tone’s Short Speech (Kenny Garrett)
22. Cult of Personality (Living Colour)
23. Waynes’s Thang (Kenny Garrett)

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#jazzchurch 37 – Sunday, January 10, 2021 – featured music by Jaco Pastorius, Sam Cooke, The Impressions, Harrell, A Taste of Honey, Donald Harrison, and Johnny Cash, among others shown below:

1. Invitation (Jaco Pastorius)
2. Escondido (The Bennie Maupin Quartet)
3. Infinity (Wayne Wallace)
4. Rashied (Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matt Garrison)
5. Hurt (Johnny Cash)
6. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (Sam Cooke)
7. A Change Is Gonna Come (Elvin Jones)
8. It’s All Right (The Impressions)
9. Forever on My Mind (Rufus Reid Quintet)
10. Waltz for Monk (Mulgrew Miller)
11. Mojo Highway (Aske Jacoby)
12. Chasin’ The Bird (Tom Harrell)
13. paradise found (Donald Harrison)
14. Black Villain Music (Ben Williams)
15. Simone (Richard Davis)
16. Design (Tom Harrell)
17. Crazy She Calls Me (Gary Bartz)
18. Funkination (Duende Libre)
19. Boogie Oogie Oogie (A Taste of Honey)
20. Little Wing (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble)
21. Tryin’ Times (Roberta Flack)

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#jazzchurch 36 – Sunday, January 3, 2021 – featured music by Bokani Dyer, Frank Kimbrough, Dave Holland, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Danilo Perez, John Coltrane, and Sunna Gunnlaugs, among others shown below:

1. Fanfare (Bokani Dyer)
2. Tones for Elvin Jones (ELEW with Jeff “Tain” Watts & Reginald Veal)
3. Triple Dance (Dave Holland Big Band)
4. Lost (Wayne Shorter)
5. Oblique (Bobby Hutcherson)
6. You Only Live Twice (Frank Kimbrough)
7. Elvin People (The Sheryl Bailey 3)
8. Don’t Even Ask (Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
9. Panamá Libre (Danilo Perez)
10. Eighty-One (Jerry Gonzalez)
11. Anthropology (Pierre de Bethmann Trio)
12. Tales (Bokani Dyer)
13. Northern Brewer (Eyolf Dale)
14. Body and Soul (John Coltrane)
15. Unflurgenized Colorations (Robert Hurst)
16. La Comparsa (Ignacio Berroa)
17. Things You Should Know (Sunna Gunnlaugs)
18. Jazz Ain’t Nothing But Soul (Caroline Henderson)
19. Jazz Ain’t Nothin’ but Soul (Travelogue)
20. Stomp! (Cast of Stomp & Various Artists)
21. Short Story (Joe Henderson)
22. Soul Makossa (Manu Dibango)

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#jazzchurch 35 – Sunday, December 27, 2020 – featured music by Kenny Garrett, John Batiste, Camilla George, John Scofield, Jimi Hendrix, Alice Coltrane, and James Brown, among others shown below:

1. Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord (The Edwin Hawkins Singers)
2. Lord, Help Me to Be (Alice Coltrane)
3. Someday We’ll All Be Free (Kenny Garrett)
4. Snowfall (Matt Wilson)
5. 4 A.M. (John Beasley)
6. My Favorite Things (Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Botti, Billy Kilson, Romero Lubambo, Billy Childs & Robert Hurst)
7. Little Drummer Boy (Eric Reed)
8. Christmas Waltz (Lars Møller)
9. The People Could Fly (Camilla George, Shirley Tetteh, Sarah Tandy, Daniel Casimir & Femi Koleoso)
10. Ja-Hed (Kenny Garrett)
11. Blues In the Bassment (Milt Jackson featuring Ray Brown)
12. Delphia (Freddie Hubbard)
13. Barbados (Roy Haynes)
14. Who Knows (Jimi Hendrix)
15. Greetings To Idris (Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes)
16. Walkin’ the Walk (Aziza feat. Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland)
17. I’m Sleeping In (John Scofield)
18. Bigger Than Us (Jon Batiste)
19. Fruit of the Vine (Jon Batiste)
20. Celestial Spaces in Blue (Jon Batiste)
21. Spiritual Connection (Jon Batiste)
22. Bird Life (Herlin Riley)
23. In Your Own Sweet Way (Richard Beirach)
24. Electric Church Red House (Jimi Hendrix)
25. Fred (Tony Williams)
26. 502 Blues (Drinkin’ And Drivin’) (Wayne Shorter)
27. Super Bad, Pts. 1, 2 & 3 (James Brown feat. The Original J.B.s)

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Today at #JazzChurch: Rev. Dr. Bill E. Bob’s Jazz Christmas playlist. Perfect for opening presents, eating dinner, getting the #JazzChurch Christmas Spirit. No words. No sermon. Just enjoy!!!

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#jazzchurch 34 – Sunday, December 20, 2020 – featured music by John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln, Wynton Marsalis with Kathleen Battle, and Bireli Lagrene with Jaco Pastorius, among others shown below:

1. Billows of Rhythm (Dave Holland Quintet)
2. Greensleeves (John Coltrane Quartet)
3. Triumphs (Edward Simon)
4. Snowfall (Emily Remler)
5. Let It Snow (Carter, Betty & Roy Hargrove)
6. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette)
7. This Christmas (Lincoln, Abbey & Christian McBride)
8. Double Decker (Deck The Halls) (Christian McBride)
9. Silent Night (Wynton Marsalis)
10. Simple as That (Peter Bernstein)
11. The Energy of Life (Matthew Halsall)
12. Ke Nako (Bokani Dyer)
13. Alone Together (Keith Jarrett)
14. Autumn Leaves (Keith Jarrett)
15. The Days Of Wine And Roses (Bireli lagrene and Jaco Pastorius)
16. Old Folks (Keith Jarrett)
17. Upswing (Dave Holland Big Band)
18. I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Stephan Scott)

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Sometimes, after #JazzChurch, the spirit moves you to dance. I SAIDuh, the SPIRIT moooooves you to DANCEuh. That’s when the #AfterParty starts. The After Party! Can I get an AMEN???

Thanks, Mo B, for sharing some of your music with us. Looking forward to the next time!

#JazzChurch 33 #AfterParty Audio Stream

Here’s the full 3:17 set. Get ready to mooooooooove!!!

#JazzChurch 33 #AfterParty Video Snippet

#JazzChurch 33 #AfterParty - 2020-12-13 from Mo B.

#jazzchurch – Sunday, December 13, 2020 – featured music by Michel Petrucciani, Ellis Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Ray Barretto, Carla Bley, and 10cc, among others shown below:

1. The Space In Between (Janek Gwizdala)
2. Stepford and Son (Human Spirit)
3. Over and Sons (Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science)
4. Brazilian Like (Live) (Michel Petrucciani)
5. You Don’t Know What Love Is (featuring Chris Botti) (Eldar Djangirov featuring Chris Botti)
6. Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Lionel Loueke)
7. Thowed (Robert Hurst)
8. I’m Not in Love (10cc)
9. Colors (Michel Petrucciani)
10. Black Disciple (Donald Byrd)
11. Walkin’ (Quincy Jones)
12. Gospel Trane (Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger)
13. This Is Christmas (Ellis Marsalis)
14. Christmastime Is Here (Instrumental) (Vince Guaraldi Trio)
15. Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (McCoy Tyner Trio)
16. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Part One) (Carla Bley)
17. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Part Two) (Carla Bley)
18. The Creator Has a Master Plan (Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger)
19. Let’s Ride (feat. Josh Evans, Stacy Dillard, David Bryant & Willie Jones III) Live
20. Wake Up Everybody (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes)
21. Wonderful (feat. Gerald Clayton & Mark Guiliana) (Gretchen Parlato)
22. Close Your Eyes (Ray Barretto)
23. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (Us3)

And then there’s the #JazzChurch 33 #AfterParty!

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“Joshua”

Here’s a recording of “Joshua” by my Boptrillion band circa 1996. Tosh Kameda (as), Howard Fisher (t), Gary Young (g), Kirk Abe (d), and Bill Berry (b). We rehearsed every week in my living room and played a gig almost every Friday at a Starbucks in Mountain View, CA. We got paid in tips, coffee beans, and all the Frappuccinos we could drink!

It was so much fun creating our own tunes and arranging standards so we’d not sound like everyone else. Maybe do something like that again?

In the meantime, there’s always #JazzChurch! 1-3 pm PST Sunday! 🙂

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There is more to the story, of course. I’ll tell it sometime! Just not right now!

#jazzchurch – Sunday, December 6, 2020 – featured music by Rudy Royston, Bill Withers, John Patitucci, Dee Dee Sharp, The Stylistics, Jaco Pastorius, and Black/Note, among others shown below:

1. Play On Words (Rudy Royston)
2. Seek the Source (Christian McBride)
3. Grandma’s Hands (Bill Withers)
4. Wade In the Water (Ramsey Lewis Trio)
5. Jesus Is On the Mainline (John Patitucci)
6. People Get Ready (Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci & Lewis Porter)
7. Sing (Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger)
8. The South of Everywhere (Jonathan Kreisberg)
9. Elegant People (Jaco Pastorius)
10. The Messenger - Brian Blade (Brian Blade)
11. Introspection (Black/Note)
12. People Make the World Go Round (The Stylistics)
13. Lonnie’s Lament (joe lovano)
14. Day Is Done (Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci & Lewis Porter)
15. The Message Continues (Nubya Garcia)
16. Simple as That (Peter Bernstein)
17. Very Early (Paul McCandless, John Taylor & Pierluigi Balducci)
18. Harlem (Ibrahim Maalouf feat. Marcus Miller)
19. The Good Life (Betty Carter)
20. Mr. Thomas (Robert Hurst)
21. I’m Not In Love (Dee Dee Sharp)
22. Call Me In The Morning (Black/Note)
23. We Three Kings (feat. Cedar Walton) (Eastern Rebellion)

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• Twitch Livestream: 1-3pm-ish PST on Sundays plus audio/video of recent shows
• Soundcloud: Listen to past shows and subscribe to receive notifications and listen to future shows

#jazzchurch – Sunday, November 29, 2020 – features music by Rudy Royston, Gregory Porter, Arlo Guthrie, The Temptations, The Stylistics, and Dexter Gordon, among others shown below:

1. Song Of The Underground Railroad (John Coltrane)
2. Welcome (Kris Funn)
3. Ghettobird (Kris Funn)
4. Mimi Sunrise (Rudy Royston)
5. Play On Words (Rudy Royston)
6. You Gotta Move (Ranky Tanky)
7. Take Me to the Alley (Gregory Porter)
8. Don’t Last (Bishop Larry Trotter & Sweet Holy Spirit)
9. Another More Blues (Roberto Magris)
10. Maya (Miroslav Vitous, Terje Rypdal & Jack DeJohnette)
11. Alice’s Restaurant Massacree (Arlo Guthrie)
12. To Be Continued (Miroslav Vitous, Jack DeJohnette & Terje Rypdal)
13. Day Is Done (feat. Norah Jones) (Charlie Hunter)
14. Bownze (Rudy Royston)
15. Con Alma (Stan Getz and Chick Corea)
16. Effendi (McCoy Tyner Trio)
17. Latin Perspective (Spanish Harlem Orchestra)
18. Take a Stroll Thru Your Mind (The Temptations)
19. Boffadem (The Bad Plus)
20. Little Voices (Anika Noni Rose, Jimmy Greene)
21. Children of the Night (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers)
22. I’m Stone In Love With You (The Stylistics)
23. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (The Dexter Gordon Quartet)

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#jazzchurch – Sunday, November 22, 2020 – features music by Ben Williams, Cedar Walton, Elvin Jones, Kate McGarry and Stevie Wonder, among others shown below:

1. Carlos (Metropole Orchestra, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza)
2. Thursday Night Prayer Meeting (Kris Funn)
3. Portrait of an Angel (Robert Glasper)
4. Cantaloupe Island (SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS)
5. Soldaji (Live) (Jessica Williams)
6. Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away (Stevie Wonder)
7. Martha’s Prize (Cedar Walton)
8. Three Card Molly (Elvin Jones, Gene Perla, Dave Liebman, Frank Foster)
9. Bolivia (Cedar Walton)
10. Happy Birthday Moy!! (Bill Berry)
11. Happy Birthday (Jaco Pastorius)
12. Billie’s Bounce (Archie Shepp & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen)
13. Black Villain Music (Ben Williams)
14. Voice of Freedom (For Mandela) (Ben Williams)
15. Strength and Beauty (Ben Williams)
16. As (Stevie Wonder)
17. Sister Moon (Kate McGarry)
18. Hindsight (Cedar Walton)
19. Song for Bilbao (Michael Brecker)
20. Little Wing (Gilfema)
21. Bad Bad News (Leon Bridges)
22. Two Of A Kind (Michel Camilo)
23. Fried Bananas (Dexter Gordon)
24. If You Hear Me (Ben Williams)
25. 88 9th Avenue (SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS)

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#jazzchurch – Sunday, November 15, 2020 – features music by Lee Morgan, Cedar Walton, Geri Allen, and John Scofield, among others shown below:

1. The New Cool (Bob James & Nathan East)
2. Rue Cler (Marc Seales Band)
3. Ferguson - An American Tradition (Immanuel Wilkins)
4. Minor Controversy (Cedar Walton)
5. Uncle Bobby’s Last Orders (Malcolm Strachan)
6. Ceora (Lee Morgan)
7. Black Milk (SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS)
8. Contrary Mary (Tom Harrell)
9. Easy Healing (Stefano Bollani, Jesper Bodilsen, Morten Lund, Mark Turner & Bill Frisell)
10. In Real Time (Geri Allen feat. Ron Carter, Wallace Roney & Jimmy Cobb)
11. Time Marches On (John Scofield)
12. Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Lionel Loueke)
13. Lotus Flower (Woody Shaw)
14. Elegant People (Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People)
15. Peculiar (Metropole Orchestra, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza)
16. Straight Up And Down (Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland)
17. You Go to My Head (Lee Morgan)
18. Wanderer (Jared Hall)
19. Spartacus – Love Theme (Marc Johnson)
20. Trim (John Scofield)
21. Time Won’t Wait (Jamiroquai)

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Where can I find #JazzChurch?

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#jazzchurch – Sunday, November 8, 2020 – features post-election day reflection music by Jessica Williams, Rudy Royston, Abbey Lincoln, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Bill Withers, among others shown below:

1. Astral Traveling (Pharoah Sanders)
2. Prayer (for the people) (Rudy Royston)
3. Prayer (for the earth) (Rudy Royston)
4. Resolution (Marc Johnson)
5. Prayer and Meditation (Jessica Williams)
6. The Mountain (Abdullah Ibrahim)
7. Learning How to Listen (Abbey Lincoln)
8. Mercy Street (Kate McGarry)
9. Rainy Night In Georgia (Brook Benton)
10. Deluge (Taylor Eigsti)
11. Blue Tuesday (Jessica Williams)
12. Killer Joe (Marc Johnson)
13. Tutu’s Promise (Live) (Jessica Williams)
14. Lean on Me (Bill Withers)
15. Inner Urge (Joe Henderson)
16. Plaisir d’amour (Jacky Terrasson)
17. Come Into My Life (LaBelle)
18. Ambiguous (Bänz Oester & The Rainmakers)
19. Feelin’ Good (Nina Simone (Joe Claussell Remix))
20. Bellavia (Chuck Mangione)
21. Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
22. Time for a Change (Malcolm Strachan)

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#jazzchurch – Sunday, November 1, 2020 – featured pre-election day cataclysm music by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Tom Harrell, McFadden & Whitehead, and Cory Henry, among others shown below:

1. Home (David Murray)
2. Partido Alto (Ignacio Berroa)
3. Beatrice (Sam Rivers)
4. The Watcher (Dave Holland)
5. Search for the New Land (Lee Morgan)
6. I Shall Believe (Darrell Grant)
7. Realization (Marching Towards the Light) (Kenny Garrett)
8. Daybreak (Tom Harrell)
9. Tennessee (Arrested Development)
10. Pere (Edward Simon)
11. The Three Marias (Wayne Shorter)
12. Design (Tom Harrell)
13. Endangered Species (Wayne Shorter)
14. Georgia On My Mind (John Scofield)
15. Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (McFadden & Whitehead)
16. Moon Waltz (Duende Libre)
17. Mercy Street (Herbie Hancock)
18. Time Marches On (John Scofield)
19. Masquelero (Wayne Shorter)
20. Loose Change (Joe Henderson)
21. That’s the Way of the World (Earth, Wind & Fire)
22. Say Their Names (Cory Henry)
23. Don’t Forget (Cory Henry)

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#jazzchurch – Sunday, October 25, 2020 – featuring music by Keith Jarrett, Joe Lovano, Gary Bartz, Mavis Staples, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and Abbey Lincoln, among others shown below:

1. Sunrise (Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitous & Jack DeJohnette)
2. Koln, January 24, 1975 Part IIc (Keith Jarrett)
3. I Can’t Get Started (joe lovano)
4. Music Is My Sanctuary (Gary Bartz)
5. Eyes on the Prize (Live) (Mavis Staples)
6. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Charles Lloyd New Quartet)
7. Chega de Saudade (Cyro Baptista, Kathryn Stott, Nilson Matta, Rosa Passos & Yo-Yo Ma)
8. Ascent (Art Hirahara)
9. Juju/footprints (Gretchen Parlato)
10. Prism (Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette)
11. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (Abbey Lincoln)
12. Straight Ahead (Marc Cary & The Harlem Sessions)
13. King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown (Live) (Monty Alexander)
14. No One is Alone (Cyrille Aimée)
15. Dear Old Stockholm (Miles Davis)
16. We Shall Not Be Moved (Live) (Mavis Staples)
17. Freedom Jazz Dance (feat. Chris Potter) (Joey Alexander)
18. Calls (feat. Jill Scott) (Robert Glasper Experiment)
19. Sonny Light (Jack DeJohnette)
20. Your Turn (Live) (SFJAZZ Collective)
21. Philadelphia (Live) (Bänz Öster & The Rainmakers)
22. So What (Miles Davis & John Coltrane)

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#jazzchurch – Sunday, October 18, 2020 – featured music by Afrika Mkhize, Donald Byrd, Ramsey Lewis, Lou Rawls, Miles Davis, and Jimi Hendrix, among others shown below:

1. Revelation (The Detroit Experiment)
2. We Fall Down (Bobby Watson)
3. Rainmakers (Afrika Mkhize)
4. Cristo Redentor (Donald Byrd)
5. Tell Me A Bedtime Story (Herbie Hancock)
6. Dear Lord (Ramsey Lewis)
7. Morning Prayer (Pharoah Sanders)
8. The “In” Crowd (Live) (Ramsey Lewis Trio)
9. Ooh Child (Ramsey Lewis)
10. Reza/Giant Steps/Reza (Jaco Pastorius)
11. Running (Gil Scott-Heron)
12. New World Coming (darkDARK Remix) (Nina Simone)
13. Work For Peace (Gil Scott-Heron)
14. Southside Blues / Tobacco Road (Lou Rawls)
15. Castles Made of Sand (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
16. 49th Parallel (Neil Swainson Quintet)
17. Dance Of Passion (Johnny Griffin)
18. Photograph (Joe Henderson)
19. Wave (Rosa Passos)
20. Joshua (Miles Davis)
21. It Always Is (Jemal Ramirez)
22. Gentle Persuasion (Ramsey Lewis)

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Where can I find #JazzChurch?

• Twitch Livestream: 1-3pm-ish on Sundays plus audio/video of recent shows
• Postbop.com: Livestream plus audio archives and information for all past shows
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