# CD review: Chris Walden, LMR Jazz Orchestra & St. Dominic’s Schola Cantorum – Missa Iubileum Aureum: Golden Jubilee Jazz Mass 2022: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2022/09/16/cd-review-chris-walden-lmr-jazz-orchestra-st-dominics-schola-cantorum-missa-iubileum-aureum-golden-jubilee-jazz-mass-2022-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2022-09-16T00:04:53+01:00
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**“Chris Walden and his great band breathe vibrant new life into our beloved Big
Band tradition. Bravo, Chris… and keep the fires burning! John Williams**

From his own Big Band albums, to his Grammy-nominated Symphony No. 1, or his hundreds
of credits in film, TV, and writing for some of the world’s biggest artists, composer/
arranger Chris Walden has never shied away from monumental musical challenges. With
Missa Iubileum Aurem, Walden was commissioned by trombonist & Napa Valley entrepreneur
Ted Hall, in celebration of his 50th Wedding Anniversary, to find an original approach
to melding jazz with the awe-inspiring tradition of the liturgical Mass. Recruiting“
cantors” Kurt Elling and Tierney Sutton, along with the Los Angeles and Bay Area
artists of the LMR Jazz Orchestra, and organist Simon Berry with St. Dominic’s Schola
Cantorum choir, Walden has created a soaring masterpiece.

The work is unique as a jazz composition as it employs the five-part foundational
structure of the classical liturgy (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei) found
in the works of Bach, Mozart, and Handel, among other classical composers. As an
integrated single composition, this effort is differentiated from the jazz works
of others (e.g., Ellington’s Sacred Works) which are collections of individually
composed songs.

Ted Hall’s 55-year dedication to connecting 2000 years of liturgical music with 
jazz began as trombonist with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band at The Village Vanguard.
Performing on the 1969 national PBS broadcast of The Requiem Mass for Robert Kennedy
led to Hall’s first uncompleted work in 1970, followed by a Dmitri Matheny-penned
New Millennium Mass, Spiritu Sancto – performed at San Francisco’s St. Dominic’s
Catholic Church, midnight, December 31, 1999 – and ultimately, this Missa Iubileum
Aurem, celebrating love and the promise of eternal spiritual life, as a singular,
joyous Golden Jubilee experience.

1. Kyrie 3:45
 2. Gloria 5:20 3. Alleluia 1:27 4. Credo 5:50 5. Offertory – The 
Passionate Shepherd to His Love 4:09 6. Sanctus 3:14 7. Memorial Acclamation 0:45
8. Great Amen 0:34 9. Agnus Dei 3:32 10. Communion 5:45 11. Thanks Be to God 3:08

All compositions and arrangements by Chris Walden in collaboration with Ted Hall.

**Tierney Sutton – cantor**
 **Kurt Elling – cantor** **Chris Walden – conductor****
Mary Fettig – woodwinds** **Ben Torres – woodwinds** **Tom Scott – woodwinds** **
Steve Steinberg – woodwinds** **Aaron Lington – woodwinds** **Wayne Bergeron – trumpet****
Niel Levonius – trumpet** **Marvin McFadden – trumpet** **Larry Lunetta – trumpet****
Michael Davis – trombone** **Jon Brummel – trombone** **Mark Lawrence – trombone****
Dan Gordon – trombone** **Brian Nova – guitar** **Shelly Berg – piano** **Carlitos
del Puerto – bass** **Gary Novak – drums** **Curt Moore – vibraphone** **Simon Berry–
organist & choir director** **St. Dominic’s Schola Cantorum – choir**

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