Sunday, July 5th worship service, C3 Exchange, Grand Haven MI

[Lazaro Vega]

This past Sunday I was invited to discuss jazz and spirituality at a sort of Unitarian, all inclusive community church in Grand Haven, MI. The performers are pianist Bob VanStee and vocalist Kathy Lamar. Here's a link to the entire service: http://www.c3exchange.org/podcast/dont-rush-the-time-jazz-as-a-way-of-life/

And here's a link to a meditation one of the community members, David Dean, wrote for the event. The third part, with the song lyric mash ups, worked for me: http://www.c3exchange.org/podcast/meditation-july-5th/

The most recent foray into spiritualism in jazz came to me a couple of months back from guitarist Garrison Fewell, in the form of an e-book. Garrison succumbed to cancer this Sunday. 

As I'm not a theologian, nor Kurt Elling, I tried to make the case for the music's power in community, but was happy to use direct quotes from personal interviews with Ornette Coleman.

Lazaro Vega

Jazz Director, Blue Lake Public Radio

www.bluelake.org/radio