New album - out September 24!

 

• Press Release • Credits • Album Liner Notes • Jazzifying Hymns • Lyrics • Selecting Musicians • Why Record Hymns?  • Album Production • Videos • GRAMMY Awards® Entries • Thanks •  Reviews • EPK •

 

Consecrated is a deeply spiritual, personal album for Earl, and therefore, an especially refreshing one for the jazz listener. It’s an album of traditional hymns, brimming with poetic elegance. Karly Epp's stirring vocal interpretations mixed with MacDonald’s thoughtfully-crafted instrumental underpinnings convey a wide spectrum of sentiments, ranging from reverence and gratitude to petition, pleading and lament. Read more.

Listen to the title track, Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated -- out now as a single.

Earl MacDonald is a composer, arranger, pianist and educator specializing in jazz. Originally from Canada, the former musical director for Maynard Ferguson is now based in Connecticut, halfway between Boston and NYC. Here you can find out about Earl’s new music, performances, teaching, and latest projects. Visit Earl’s blog, download MP3s, buy CDs, read reviews, or take a free online lesson. Enjoy, browse leisurely and visit often.

Earl is available for:

• artist-in-residence programs • clinics • commissions • cross-disciplinary collaborations • festival adjudication • guest conducting of all-state and regional jazz ensembles • performances (with one of Earl's many bands) • soloist appearances • record production • summer music camp instruction • workshops •