Finding God in a Jazz Riff

An examination of the the source and purpose of musical inspiration.

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Comradery and community often explore the ‘something larger than the sum of its parts’ phenomenon. This sense of hyper-connectivity may be an unspoken reason music, especially jazz and praise music, draw our attention away from ourselves into our selves. Naturally we are first pulled into the sound and pulse of the song, and then perhaps our focus…