The church organ in jazz

[Sand]

Tell me all all about it!

[clinthopson]

Fats Waller

[Sand]

Originally Posted by clinthopson

Fats Waller

Briefer than me! And that's all?

[clinthopson]

All about it is Fats.

[Sand]

[Gentle Giant]

I would argue that all jazz organ comes from the church, if not actually played on a church organ.

Nice pipes there, Sand!

[John L]

There is more jazz in the church organ than the church organ in jazz.

[Sand]

There are some fine points in the privious posts.
I am in a unique position - I may quote:

Fats...
For a long time the church organ did not play any roll in the jazz music. It was in the 60's that in Europe a certain interest awakened in jazz on the church organ. Young classic organ players discovered a stream of new music in the jazz - and produced lots of compositions which met between classic and jazz music. The very long tradition of organ music in Europe has helped to develop a real scene which gave impulses to interprete many themes in a jazzy way on the church organ.

Quoting from the quote: "a certain interest"

[walto]

A recent Jormin recording (of a "sacred piece") on ECM has a church organist on it. Here's my take:http://www.onefinalnote.com/reviews/...s-in-light.asp

[Frisco]

I don't know if it's "jazz" but Fred Van Hove has some fine Church Organ music on SAJ-25 "Church Organ". He also plays improvised Church Organ in duo with saxophonist Etienne Brunet on the Saravah CD "Improvisations".

[sashabur]

There is a Sun Ra album, "Hiroshima", where he plays a church organ. It's rare though.

[bostontricky]

Nils Landgren's Gotland (with Tomasz Stanko) has "church" organ on 3 tracks. Nothing like Landgren's usual jazz-funk...