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September
2004 CJA Network Newsletter Featured Interview
Jazz
Pianist and Presbyterian Minister
Bill
Carter
When
did you start developing an interest for Jazz Music? Who
was your most influential piano teacher?
Bill:
Who do you consider some of the main influences on your
writing and playing?
Bill:
What
Jazz Artists are you currently listening to these
days?
Bill:
When
did it dawn on you to start playing Jazz in church?
Bill:
How did
your quartet Presbybop come about? You also have a new
CD release with them, "Stand
On Your Head" . Share more about that!
Bill:
There
is a growing momentum among Christian Jazz musicians to
integrate more jazz music into the worship service or
using Jazz at Vespers or even concerts. Have you seen
this movement grow since you first became interested in
Jazz music in the church?
Bill:
You
have a new Jazz book," Swing
A New Song To The Lord" which is a resource for
using Jazz in the Church. Provide us with the details.
Bill:
It’s
very exciting to see the younger generation embracing
jazz and even recently some of their music has reached
the top of the Jazz charts. Thanks in part to excellent
Jazz Education programs it looks as though Jazz has not
only endured into the 21st Century, but one could say
that presently there is a "Jazz Revival"
across the entire world! What are your thoughts
concerning this?
Bill:
Share with us
one of your most memorable experience playing
Jazz at a church/concert and why.
Bill:
Do you find a spiritual connection in playing,
arranging, and writing music? What kind of music
touches you down deep?
Bill:
What is your favorite church hymn and why?
Bill:
How
has being a jazz musician shaped your outlook on being a
pastor?
Bill:
Name
three books on Theology/Spirituality that have made a
deep impact on your life?
Bill:
Share with us a Bible verse that has helped shape your
outlook on Music in the church and why?
Bill:
More
information on Bill Carter can be found on his website:
www.presbybop.com
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