In Ecclesia - Murder in the cathedral?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

at the prompt of S_A a thread on jazz in church ... sometimes just in the building more often in the spirit

the Officium recording [et seq] by Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble started it off on the other thread but Tracey, Garrick in the UK and Ellington obviously have composed in the spirit


apart from Gabarek, Acoustic Triangle have focused as much on the in the building .. but not neglected in the spirit ...

eg

[MrGongGong]

I liked the first Hillards / Garbarek CD , it was an inspired idea well executed
but this (to my ears) has little of interest, very well played, sung and produced but feels very superficial in content.........

whereas this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsWLqps3oBE

is something else all together

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

yep sure is not jazz

[Alyn_Shipton]

Interesting clip, with, if I'm not mistaken Jim Philip on flute and clarinet. In which case it's Oct 25, 68 (not inconsistent with the Feb 69 TX date on the titles) . Mike always said his own recording (as issued on Airborne) had to be done on one stereo mike, but there was clearly a French TV unit recording it in better quality than that...I wonder if the entire French soundtrack survives? I'd never seen the footage before, so thanks for the post.

[Alyn_Shipton]

PS another interesting use of cathedral space is Surman's Proverbs and Songs, on ECM, but recorded by Radio 3 (indeed by the same engineer who frequently works on JRR!) and originally presented on air by me...

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

don't you just know that the minute you open them church doors the arcane is going to pop out and wave at you ..

[Byas'd Opinion]

There are also plenty of venues which are ex-churches: the Tron Theatre here in Glasgow (not used much for music, but I think it's a great hall for medium-sized acoustic or semi-acoustic gigs), and the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh:

Unless it's been done up in the last couple of years, it still has remarkably uncomfortable pews at the sides and back: perfect for ensuring you don't endanger your immortal soul by falling asleep during a two hour sermon.