The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter 2 (CD)

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• Release Date: October 29, 2002
• Label: Warner Bros. Records
• UPC: 080688623326
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106072656
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Personnel: Kirk Whalum (spoken vocals, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, programming); Jonathan Butler (vocals, acoustic guitar); Tata Vega, Kevin Whalum, Kim Burrelll (vocals); Rod McGaha (trumpet);

George Duke (piano, keyboards); Tyrone Dickerson (organ, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Paul Jackson, Jr. (acoustic & electric guitars);

Michael manson (acoustic & electric basses); Kyle Whalum (electric bass); Sean McCurley (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); Alfie Silas-Durio, Lynn Linsey, Fred White (background vocals).

Producers: Kirk Whalum, Tyrone Dickerson, Hal Sacks.

Recorded live at West Angeles Cathedral, Los Angeles, California; Peace In The Valley, Arleta, California and Dark Horse Studios, Franklin, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by Kirk Whalum.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JAZZ CHAPTER 2 was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album.

Flanked by an impressive cadre of musicians and gospel vocalists, saxophonist Kirk Whalum offers an extended jazz paean to Jesus in this follow up to 1998's CHAPTER I of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JAZZ. Recorded before a live audience in a cathedral in Los Angeles, Whalum's concert has the feel of a contemporary religious service, with applause and shouts from the audience. The numerous vocal spots ("El Todopoderoso" by Tata Vega; "Falling in Love With Jesus" by Jonathan Butler) give the impression of personal testimony.

The music sustains Whalum's reputation as a master of the crossover jazz sound; he streamlines the idiom into a palatable amalgam of traditional jazz, urban R&B, groove-based motifs, world rhythms, soft, lyrical passages, and down-home gospel. Electric guitars, synthesizers, and vocals ensure that pop fans won't feel alienated, while Whalum's gentle tenor lines are unassailable in their technical expertise. A performance that succeeds as both a musical and Christian event, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JAZZ CHAPTER II is solid fare for the hungry of ear and spirit.

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