Liturgical Jazz
# Liturgical Jazz

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat | |

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.

## Reception

Liturgical Jazz was billed as "a musical setting of an order of morning prayer." Down Beat awarded the album 4½ star 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.

## Track listing

* Prelude
* Collect for purity of heart
* Hymn of praise: "Love Divine" (Charles Wesley)
* Service of Confession: Scripture sentences; Call to Confession; General Confession; Prayer of Absolution; The Lord's Prayer -- Service of the Word: Versicle; Venite ; Old Testament hymn (Psalm 6) ; Old Testament Lesson (Hosea 14:1-7,9)
* Te Deum
* New Testament Lesson (II Peter 1:3-11)
* Benedictus
* The Apostles' Creed
* Witness to the Word: Sermon
* Service of Offering: Song Without Words (In place of Anthem); Versicle; Collect of the Day; Collect for Peace; Collect for Grace to Live Well; The Grace
* After-service: Hymn: "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (Charles Wesley)

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

## Personnel

* Composed and conducted by Ed Summerlin.
* Text read by Roger Ortmayer.

Featured soloists:

* Ed Summerlin – tenor saxophone
* Tom Wirtel – trumpet
