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Podcast 3: Community - Pete Woods and the Kindness of Jazz

WORDS AND MUSIC 1. Curiosity Crimond, J. S. Irvine 2. Vulnerable Eventide, W. H. Monk 3. Community Holy, J. B. Dykes 4. Humility Just as I am, W. B. Bradbury 5. Compassion Closer Walk, Anon 6. State of Grace Moon Over the Ruined Castle, Rentaro Taki 7. Still Curious Back Water Blues, Bessie Smith 8. Future Church Converse, Charles Converse 9. To Everything There is a Season The Water is Wide, Anon Words: Zoë Chaytors Adam Cresswell Rob Dalgleish Adam Kilner Amber Mattingly Pete Woods Music: The Kindness of Jazz: Jacob Clarke – bass Lu Frattaroli – percussion Jamie Holmes – percussion Kyle Jordan – guitar Mike T. Kerr – guitar Kurt Neilsen – bass Pete Woods – saxophone Audio production/design by Tony Vieira Recording by Tony Vieira, Mike T. Kerr, Gareth Auden-Hole, Tim Jackson Album Design by Jaymie Karn Liner Notes by Pete Woods Produced by Pete Woods and Tony Vieira Thanks to all spiritual improvisers everywhere. "… Practise ceaselessly: there is one art: wind in the open spaces grieving, laughing with us, saying improvise" Jan Zwicky This is a quilt of breath and body, air and touch. It is trust, closed eyes, smiles, silence and friendship. The music both abides and reveals. Practitioners of imagination and justice share a love of curiosity. The songs stitch together so many voices. Wisdom emerges alongside paradox and uncertainty and risk. So many encounters: mobile and studio recordings in Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa; gigs at Ottawa’s Bar Robo, One Up Room, Options Jazz Lounge, Rideau Club and Toronto’s Emmet Ray; months of meditative musical gatherings in church sanctuaries (Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Smiths Falls, Brockville); interviews with spiritual leaders from Alberta, Ontario, Texas. The Curiosity Sessions: Words and Music affirms curiosity’s place at the heart of spirituality. The album also highlights curiosity as a key ingredient in the United Church of Canada’s innovative work, particularly as led by EDGE: A Network for Ministry Development. ‘Curiosity’, plus ‘compassion’ and ‘community’, were the words placed before everyone (musicians and speakers) involved in the Sessions. Thoughtful riffs and rhythms emerged quickly amongst the musicians; ideas flowed in interviews. Old songs were re-framed, fresh energy, more stories, bigger choruses. Resonance. Improvisation. It all remained grounded in the specific realities of EDGE work and United Church communities, but something more expansive also broke through. Wonder and surprise… so many beautiful surprises. "What are you, music – that in entering undoes us? And undoing, makes us whole." Jan Zwicky How does curiosity feel? Six people respond gracefully. Six voices speak with intensity. Six invitations, at least, are issued to live the curious life. Six revelations of a moral beauty that is both heartfelt and world-wise. Life stories underscore the spoken words: confronting racial issues in Sarnia, sacred yoga in Texas, youth at risk in Toronto, social/spiritual engagement mediated through nature. These six individuals do critical spiritual work within local, national and international communities. They are all part of EDGE: A Network for Ministry Development: Zoë Chaytors, Adam Cresswell, Rob Dalgleish, Adam Kilner, Amber Mattingly, Pete Woods. In these recorded moments, they cast their gazes beyond the specifics of work and ministry. The vistas are both intimate and expansive as they look to the far horizons. It feels as if they are inviting each other, and all of us, out onto an open road of soul and spirit. Wonder. Awe. Meanwhile, the seven musicians embrace old songs and hear new sounds. They invent fresh melodies and shape them around familiar structures. They are reflective and prophetic in playful and affectionate ways. The music serves as a generous blessing upon all the spoken words: improvised benedictions invoked again and again. "They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." Charlie Parker The Curiosity Sessions: Words and Music is a sonic collection of words and music framed around curiosity, compassion and community. Tony Vieira interviewed spiritual leaders affiliated with the innovative community work of the United Church of Canada. The spoken words then led to improvised musical responses by The Kindness of Jazz. The material, musical and spoken, moves easily from the grounded and familiar to the speculative and unexpected. Each track is a meditation on the curious life. An invitation for you to ask: How does curiosity feel? Pete Woods, March 2023, The Kindness of Jazz, Minister, MacKay United Church, Ottawa, Canada @EDGEUCC @UnitedChurchCda @mackayunitedchurch5908