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R.I.P. Joe Morello

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One of the great Jazz drummers of the last century.

From here:

Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello, from the Dave Brubeck quartet, has died aged 82.
With the quartet he played on some of the best-selling jazz records of all time, including Take Five.
His family said he died at home in New Jersey on Saturday.

I attended a drum workshop by Joe Morello in the early ‘60s. I was flabbergasted by the elegance of his technique. As I recall, he had a rather dim view of rock drummers – something I was aspiring to be.

The Love of God fits everyone

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A song written by a 93 year old St. Hilda’s parishioner many years ago. He asked me to set it to music and, since it is a children’s song, a couple of my grandchildren introduced it to the congregation. I think they were brilliant.

King of Kings and Lord of Macy’s

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This is billed as A Random Act of Culture. It is, but it is also a rather heartening example of art taking the Christian message into an unlikely place and it being greeted with surprising enthusiasm.

h/t SF

The Love of God

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One of our older parishioners handed me a note a couple of weeks ago that began: “Here is a lyric I wrote for the children about a century ago”. There aren’t many people who can say that – he is well into his 90s. The note went on to ask me if I’d like to set a tune to it; here it is: