Jazz Vespers April 2024
6:00pm Doors & Drinks
6:30pm Start time
Register for a free ticket on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/american-international-church-53935341933
Jazz Vespers is a monthly service featuring world class jazz musicians and an open call jazz choir, all coordinated and led by Scott Stroman and Liam Dunachie. The service will also include a reading of sacred writings or poetry, a brief reflection, and a time of meditation or prayer. Our context is Christian, but the service is intended to be inspirational and reflective.
Jazz is open, fluid, and improvisational. Musicians reach out to each other and find new art and music in the ways that they play together. You could say the same about spirituality and faith. And so this service centres on the music with spiritual reflection.
What is Vespers? The word comes from the Latin for “evening” and it’s simply an evening prayer service. We use the word because of the spiritual nature of the service and continuing the tradition of Jazz Vespers services started in New York City in the 1960s.
