Lutheran jazz musicians

[Big Al]

Just curious if there were any.....

I'm Lutheran, but I only wish I were a jazz musician.

[7/4]

I guess it was only a matter of time until we had a thread like this.

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[Aggie87]

LOL!

From this website, it seems Kurt Elling is Lutheran.

Also:

Ace Frehley

David Hasselhoff

Lyle Lovett

John Mellencamp

And not jazz (or even music), but you'll be happy to know that Troy Aikman is Lutheran!

[Hot Ptah]

I think that Garrison Keillor might be.

[Big Al]

ACE FREHLEY??????

I was going to start a "Yearning for Zion (YFC) Jazz Musicians" thread, but thought I should start closer to home (spiritually, not geographically) instead.

[Big Al]

I think that Garrison Keillor might be.

I always thought he was as well, but in some recent interviews I've read, he seems to be more non-denominational than anything else.

[Uncle Skid]

Well, everyone knows ELCA's aren't real Lutherans, so that list is hereby disqualified!

[jostber]

A couple here:

http://www.lincolnlutheran.org/activities/...strumental/jazz

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa36...010/ai_n8927501

[Big Al]

Well, everyone knows ELCA's aren't real Lutherans, so that list is hereby disqualified!

Besides, the Missouri Synod won't give me their list!

Wisconsin Synod doesn't even acknowledge the existence of jazz, so there ya go.

Edited May 27, 2008 by Big Al

[A Lark Ascending]

That swingin' hymn book (schwinghym Buch).

Man, could J.S. blow!

Edited May 27, 2008 by Bev Stapleton

[Unbeknownst Recordings]

I wonder if I could become a jazz musician through God's grace.

Or if God's grace is the reason I am not one.

Difficult to tell.

[Larry Kart]

Bruce Anderson, the very good bass player who was the head of our very good (informal) high school jazz band back in 1959, was the son of Rev. O.V. Anderson, then head of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. Bruce became a Lutheran minister himself and remains a very good bass player. The band's vocalist BTW was cheerleader Ann-Margret Olson -- yes, the Ann-Margret. Somewhat studied and showbiz-like as a vocalist, she was immensely decorative.

[Hot Ptah]

Bruce Anderson, the very good bass player who was the head of our very good (informal) high school jazz band back in 1959, was the son of Rev. O.V. Anderson, then head of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. Bruce became a Lutheran minister himself and remains a very good bass player. The band's vocalist BTW was cheerleader Ann-Margret Olson -- yes, the Ann-Margret. Somewhat studied and showbiz-like as a vocalist, she was immensely decorative.

Please define "immensely decorative", and feel free to linger over each detail.

[Chuck Nessa]

Bruce Anderson, the very good bass player who was the head of our very good (informal) high school jazz band back in 1959, was the son of Rev. O.V. Anderson, then head of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. Bruce became a Lutheran minister himself and remains a very good bass player. The band's vocalist BTW was cheerleader Ann-Margret Olson -- yes, the Ann-Margret. Somewhat studied and showbiz-like as a vocalist, she was immensely decorative.

Please define "immensely decorative", and feel free to linger over each detail.

[Shawn]

Meow!

[Chuck Nessa]

Meow!

The cat is dead but she lives.

[Larry Kart]

Bruce Anderson, the very good bass player who was the head of our very good (informal) high school jazz band back in 1959, was the son of Rev. O.V. Anderson, then head of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. Bruce became a Lutheran minister himself and remains a very good bass player. The band's vocalist BTW was cheerleader Ann-Margret Olson -- yes, the Ann-Margret. Somewhat studied and showbiz-like as a vocalist, she was immensely decorative.

Please define "immensely decorative", and feel free to linger over each detail.

Ann-Margret, in a skin-tight, slit-up-one-side red dress (a la Rita Hayworth), sang a breathy, wiggly "Heat Wave" in the school's annual variety show, "Lagniappe," in her senior year. The administration tried to bar subsequent performances, but the school's prestigous veteran theater guru, Dr. William Peterman, refused to go along, insisting that the number's immense sexiness was also knowingly parodistic (specifically of Hayworth doing "Put the Blame on Mame" in Gilda"). He was right and prevailed, much to the delight of many fathers in the next two nights' audiences. I've never seen a teenaged girl who looked more grown up than she did.

[Larry Kart]

Scroll down here and you'll see an image of Ann-Margret doing her "Heat Wave" number:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...l%3Den%26sa%3DG

[Big Al]

Meow!

Amen AND Hallelujah!