Jazz Inspirations for Organ, Vol. 4 - Organ Solo

Jazz, swing, samba, rhumba and more all found their way to the organ long ago. Not only do the melodies, harmonies and rhythms of these styles enrich the organ’s concert literature, they can also be meaningfully incorporated in the liturgy.

The series “Jazz Inspirations” for Organ offers a delightful and personal combination of many forms and highly contrasting styles at a moderate level of difficulty. Volume 4 presents a new array of stylistic and thematic focuses: “Funky Praise” and ”Ich lobe dich von ganzer Seelen” (“I praise thee with all my soul”) can be found alongside a “Little Shepherd’s Chachacha” and the familiar carol “Kommet, ihr Hirten”. It even contains two compositions from the American organ scene.

Table of Contents:

• Meditation on the Choral "Ach wie fluchtig, ach wie nichtig" (Liselotte Kunkel)
  
• Auf meinen lieben Gott (Matthias Nagel)
  
• EGATOP (Zsolt Gardonyi)
  
• "Quempas-Reggae" on "Den die Hirten lobeten sehre" (Gerhard Luchterhandt)
  
• Easy Rag on the Choral "Du meine Seele s(w)inge" (Thomas Riegler)
  
• Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet / Herr Jesu Christe, mein getreuer Hirte (Gunther Martin Gottsche)
  
• Herr, deine Gute reicht, so weit (Gunther Martin Gottsche)
  
• Jazz Waltz-Swing on the chorale "Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr" (David Christiansen)
  
• In Frieden dein, o Herre mein (Gunther Martin Gottsche)
  
• Samba on the chorale "In dir ist Freude" (Thomas Riegler)
  
• Wanna love You, my strength (Matthias Nagel)
  
• Jazz-Waltz on the chorale "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns" (Hans Martin Kiefer)
  
• Ostinato (Christopher Lobens)
  
• Little Shepherd’s Chachacha on "Kommet, ihr Hirten" (Gerhard Luchterhandt)
  
• Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (Ulrich Nehls)
  
• Rise up, Shepherd, and follow (John A. Behnke)
  
• Jazz-Waltz on the chorale "Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten" (Thomas Riegler)
  
• Samba on the chorale "Wohl denen, die da wandeln" (Thomas Riegler)
  
• Wohlauf und s(w)inge schon!“ – Charleston on "Du, meine Seele, singe" (Gerhard Luchterhandt)
  

Publisher:	Bärenreiter
Composer/Author:	Various
Arranger/Editor:	Gross, Uwe-Karsten
Catalog Number:	BA11210