{"id":18371,"date":"2016-02-01T09:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=18371"},"modified":"2016-02-01T09:28:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:28:41","slug":"celebrate-dr-king-with-jazz-mass-feb-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=18371","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Dr. King with jazz mass, Feb. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MLKStatue-300x273.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1273547\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MLKStatue-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"MLKStatue\" \/><\/a>While jazz can usually be heard on the radio or in a venue, people typically don\u2019t think of hearing it in church.<\/p>\n<p>However, that\u2019s exactly where it can be heard on Sunday, Feb. 7 when the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Kennett Square hosts a \u2018Jazz Mass\u2019 at the 10 am service to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Wilson G. Somers, Emmy Award winning composer and leader of the Chancel Choir of Advent, the jazz mass includes Gospel choral selections arranged by the late Moses Hogan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jazz mass unites culture, music and faith to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,\u201d Somers said. \u201cInfluenced by cultural and historical milestones, jazz communicates the struggle for social justice and civil rights through beautiful notes.<\/p>\n<p>An all-star ensemble of Jazz musicians from the Philadelphia includes Stan Slotter on trumpet, Ed Kirkpatrick on saxaphone, Peter Paulsen on bass and percussionist Glenn Ferricone. Members of the internationally acclaimed Tatnall Singers, from the Tatnall School in Greenville, Delaware, will join the Advent choir for the service.<\/p>\n<p>The Jazz Mass takes place Sunday, Feb. 7, at 10 am at the Episcopal Church of the Advent located on Rt. 82 in Kennett Square, PA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While jazz can usually be heard on the radio or in a venue, people typically don\u2019t think of hearing it in church. However, that\u2019s exactly where it can be heard on Sunday, Feb. 7 when the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Kennett Square hosts a \u2018Jazz Mass\u2019 at the 10 am service to celebrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[7064,7063],"class_list":["post-18371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-episcopal-church-of-the-advent","tag-martin-luther-king-jr-jazz-mass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}