The All Saints Jazz Vespers program brings together amazing musicianship and holy inspiration eight times a year for a service of prayer, meditation and music. Over the years our sanctuary has been blessed by artists such as Billy Childs, Alan Broadbent and Shelly Berg, Alan Pasqua, Bill Cunliffe and Holly Hofmann, Russell Ferrante, Walter Smith III, John and Gerald Clayton.
So many of them tell us that they love playing in the context of a vespers service with prayers and short meditations and the sense that this is a holy enterprise, not just a jazz concert in the church. For more on jazz as holy work, read Christina Honchell’s reflection God Leaps In.
Jazz Vespers is live in the church on Sunday evenings at 5:00 p.m. We gather in the intimacy of the Chancel for an extraordinary experience of jazz in-the-round. If you need assistance to get up into the Chancel, please arrive at least five minutes early; a wheel chair lift is available. No charge (free will offering taken) and no reservations required. Join us for an extraordinary celebration of joy, energy and liberation.
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Ernie Watts
Two-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players in music. Summing it all up, Watts describes his ongoing journey: “I see music as the common bond having potential to bring all people together in peace and harmony. All things in the physical world have vibration; the music I choose to play is the energy vibration that touches a common bond in people. I believe that music is God singing through us, an energy to be used for good.”
Sunday, February 23
LA Jazz Quartet
The Los Angeles Jazz Quartet, active since 1994, is an L.A. based group comprised of four musicians (Chuck Manning, Larry Koonse, Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewicz, Jason Harnell), who share a similar vision of acoustic jazz in the new millennium.
Sunday, March 23
Bill Cunliffe
Jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger, and our composer-in-residence Bill Cunliffe is known for his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions. Bill began his career as pianist and arranger with the Buddy Rich Big Band and worked with Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody.
For more information, please contact:
Melissa Hayes
(626) 583-2725
jazz@allsaints-pas.org
Upcoming Events
The All Saints Jazz Vespers program brings together amazing musicianship and holy inspiration eight times a year for a service of prayer, meditation and music. Over the years our sanctuary has been blessed by artists such as Billy Childs, Alan Broadbent and Shelly Berg, Alan Pasqua, Bill Cunliffe and Holly Hofmann, Russell Ferrante, Walter Smith III, John and Gerald Clayton.
So many of them tell us that they love playing in the context of a vespers service with prayers and short meditations and the sense that this is a holy enterprise, not just a jazz concert in the church. For more on jazz as holy work, read Christina Honchell’s reflection God Leaps In.
Jazz Vespers is live in the church on Sunday evenings at 5:00 p.m. We gather in the intimacy of the Chancel for an extraordinary experience of jazz in-the-round. If you need assistance to get up into the Chancel, please arrive at least five minutes early; a wheel chair lift is available. No charge (free will offering taken) and no reservations required. Join us for an extraordinary celebration of joy, energy and liberation.
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Ernie Watts
Two-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players in music. Summing it all up, Watts describes his ongoing journey: “I see music as the common bond having potential to bring all people together in peace and harmony. All things in the physical world have vibration; the music I choose to play is the energy vibration that touches a common bond in people. I believe that music is God singing through us, an energy to be used for good.”
Sunday, February 23
LA Jazz Quartet
The Los Angeles Jazz Quartet, active since 1994, is an L.A. based group comprised of four musicians (Chuck Manning, Larry Koonse, Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewicz, Jason Harnell), who share a similar vision of acoustic jazz in the new millennium.
Sunday, March 23
Bill Cunliffe
Jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger, and our composer-in-residence Bill Cunliffe is known for his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions. Bill began his career as pianist and arranger with the Buddy Rich Big Band and worked with Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody.
For more information, please contact:
Melissa Hayes
(626) 583-2725
jazz@allsaints-pas.org
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