Thriving on a riff : jazz and the spiritual life

9781506497600 (hardcover)
9781506497600

ix, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Jazz and the spiritual life

Includes bibliographic references

Introduction. Counting off the tempo
The wow moment : the possibility of sonic transcendence ; Improvisation : ebo's waltz
What are they doing? An introduction to jazz ; Improvisation : tale-spinning
Crossing the dotted line : discerning sacred and secular ; Improvisation : mind the gap
A message from headquarters ; Improvisation : listening for Selah
The sparks and flames of human creativity ; Improvisation : refracted light
Broken but beautiful : what it means to be human ; Improvisation : lesson in dissonance
That healin' feelin' : The sountrack of restoration ; Improvisation : what about the legs?
Prayers lifted on a saxophone ; Improvisation : late-night thoughts on listening to Coltrane's Ascension
Babel and bebop : the end was in the beginning ; Improvisation : another uncle
Jazz and our hidden wound ; Improvisation : hell-bent
The hang : grooving in community ; Improvisation : how many musicians are in your quartet?
Paying back the universe : swinging with purpose ; Improvisation : somebody's calling
Jazz in the cathedral and other great ideas ; Improvisation : homily from the fiftieth anniversary of the Guaraldi Mass
Does this song ever end? ; Improvisation : are you going to talk about heaven?

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