Summertime Jazz Services -- not just for the church-goer! July 3, 2011

Calvary Presbyterian Church (www.calvarypresbyterian.org) invites music lovers, regardless of religious background (or lack thereof), to "discover the spiritual side of Jazz" with its uniquely-themed and popular summertime jazz services, every Sunday at 6pm.

World-class trumpeter Dave Scott leads a quartet of other SF jazz greats (Scott Foster, Daniel Fabricant and Surya Patri) in bringing the memorable music of icons Louis Armstrong, Bix Biederbecke, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and more into these weekly services -- each with a different theme exploring how Jazz has served as a metaphor for life. Starting July 3 at 6pm, right after the conclusion of the Fillmore Jazz Festival.

Weekly Themes Listed Below:
(complete descriptions for each week’s theme can be found here):
http://www.calvarypresbyterian.org/worship/jazz-filled-worship-services

July 3 – Jazz: The Truly American Music / How Jazz Became Jazz (A 4th of July Celebration)
July 10 – Make the Angels Weep: The Genius of Louis Armstrong / Louis Armstrong and “Modern Time”
July 17 – We Know We Are Beautiful…/ Jazz and The Harlem Renaissance
July 24 – Can’t You Be Proud of Me? The Tragedy of Bix Biederbecke / Religion’s Struggle with Jazz
July 31 – Keeping It Real: The Inextricable Connection of Jazz and Race / A Conversation with KCSM 91.1’s Sonny Buxton
August 7 – Nobody Wants to Hear the Blues No More…Times Is Hard / Jazz and the Depression
August 14 – More of Everything: The Sustained Intensity of John Coltrane / The religious music of John Coltrane
August 21 – Get Out of the Way: Here Comes the Duke / The “American Music” of Duke Ellington