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Sacred Jazz grew from the time when slaves in America would stand outside the doors of the church and try to recreate the singing they heard inside the church. THis grew into the creation of 'spirituals'. follow this link for Paul Robeson 

and Gospel music. This tradition fed into the work of jazz musicians like Duke Ellington

See link for Come Sunda and John Coltrane in the ... wrote several sacred pieces best known is A Love Divine
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Sacred Jazz services 
Nowadays Jazz Vespers are an increasingly popular form of worship. 
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Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty,
God of love, Please look down and see my people through.
I believe that God put sun and moon up in the sky.
I don't mind the gray skies
'cause they're just clouds passing by.
Heaven is a goodness time. 
A brighter light on high.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
And have a brighter by and by.
Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty,
God of love, Please look down and see my people through.
I believe God is now, was then and always will be.
With God's blessing we can make it through eternity.
Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty,
God of love, Please look down and see my people through.

Sacred Jazz

Duke Ellington’s sacred concerts working with Mahalia Jackson the great gospel singer