Edgar Eugene Summerlin (September 1, 1928 – October 10, 2006) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator known for pioneering Liturgical jazz,
avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz and experimental jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. It originated in the early 1950s and developed through to the late 1960s. Orig ...
, and
free jazz
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.
Professional career
While a graduate student at the
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...
College of Music, Summerlin, in 1959, composed ''Requiem for Mary Jo,'' which is widely believed to be one of the first significant uses of jazz in a
liturgical
Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...
service. He and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (''nee'' Bouknight), had a daughter, Mary Jo (b. April 2, 1958,
Denton), who died of heart disease at age nine months on January 27, 1959, in Denton.
He performed ''Requiem for Mary Jo'' May 20, 1959, during a service in the chapel at the
Perkins School of Theology
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,
Southern Methodist University
, mottoeng = "The truth will make you free"
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, type = Private research university
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, religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church
, president = R. Gerald Turner
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. Bill Slack, Jr., Assistant Pastor of the First Methodist Church of Denton, who had visited the Summerlins while Mary Jo was near death in the hospital, had encouraged Summerlin to compose ''Requiem.'' Dr. Roger Ellwood Ortmayer (1916–1984), then of the Perkins School, commissioned the work.
That same year, still studying and teaching at North Texas, Summerlin recorded his debut LP, Liturgical Jazz, on which "Requiem for Mary Jo," was the heartbreaking centerpiece.
Saturday night, February 13, 1960, NBC's ''World Wide 60'' (hosted by
Chet Huntley
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) visited Denton to air the story of Ed Summerlin's liturgical jazz (national broadcast, NBC, Friday, February 19, 1960).
Summerlin's grieving and spiritual creativity inspired him to compose other liturgical jazz pieces, including
* ''Episcopal Evensong''
* ''Jazz Vespers Service''
[Simosko, Vladimir; Tepperman, Barry (1971, 1996)]
"His Musical Biography"
''Eric Dolphy: A Musical Biography and Discography''. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. p. 69. .
* ''Liturgy of the Holy Spirit''
[Heckman, Don]
"Edgar Summerlin, 78; Musician Wrote Jazz-Based Liturgical Works"
''Los Angeles Times''. Oct 13, 2006. Retrieved 2013-03-25. Summerlin Music Co. (1965), piano-vocal score, 13 pgs
As the sixties progressed, Summerlin gradually established himself as an ''avant-garde'' tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger.
At the same time, his well-publicized prime time television debut was followed by several Sunday morning appearances throughout the 1960s on the long-running CBS series, ''
Look Up and Live
''Look Up and Live'' was a 30-minute television anthology series. The series was produced in cooperation with the National Council of Churches and aired on CBS from January 3, 1954 to January 21, 1979. It was a non-denominational Sunday morning r ...
'',
["The Celebrations"]
WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-04-01. collaborating with musicians such as Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
, Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gai ...
, Don Ellis
Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his lif ...
, Slide Hampton
Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tuba and flugelho ...
, and Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
,[ as well as choreographer ]Anna Sokolow
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.[ During this decade, Summerlin also scored two feature films, the little-known 1963 ]Bay of Pigs
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-inspired drama, ''We Shall Return
''We Shall Return'' is a 1963 American drama film directed by Philip S. Goodman and starring Cesar Romero and Anthony Ray. It follows the flight of a Cuban family to Florida following the Cuban Revolution of 1959 and their plans to overthrow Fide ...
'' (which, coincidentally, featured the first and only original screenplay by oft-adapted novelist Pat Frank
Harry Hart "Pat" Frank (May 5, 1908 – October 12, 1964) was an American writer, newspaperman, and government consultant. Frank's best known work is the 1959 ''Alas, Babylon'', and '' Forbidden Area''.
Biography
Frank was born in Chicago ...
) and the even lesser known 1967 film ''Ciao'' (written and directed by the earlier film's editor, David Tucker),[Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (1976)]
"Summerlin, Edgar"
''The Encyclopedia of Jazz of the Seventies''. New York Press: Horizon Press. p. 319. Retrieved 2013-04-15. which, after becoming the only U.S. feature film to be entered in that year's Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
,[ failed to find a distributor and quickly disappeared from view.
]
Education
Summerlin received a Bachelor of Music in Education, with a Major in Music, Central Missouri State University
The University of Central Missouri (UCM) is a public university in Warrensburg, Missouri. In 2019, enrollment was 11,229 students from 49 states and 59 countries on its 1,561-acre campus. UCM offers 150 programs of study, including 10 pre-profes ...
in 1951, and a Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman.
It offers Bachelor of Music (B.M ...
the following year. In 1958, after learning about the University of North Texas
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...
College of Music while performing with the Johnny Long Band, Summerlin enrolled as a graduate student and became a member of Lab Band and also assisted Gene Hall in teaching jazz composition, theory
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, and saxophone
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.
New York
Summerlin relocated to New York in the early 1960s, where he freelanced with Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gai ...
, Pete LaRoca
Pete "La Roca" Sims (born Peter Sims; April 7, 1938 – November 20, 2012, known as Pete La Roca from 1957 until 1968) was an American jazz drummer and attorney. Born and raised in Harlem by a pianist mother and a stepfather who played trumpet, ...
, Don Ellis
Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his lif ...
, and Sheila Jordan
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. He also composed and arranged for Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
, Kuhn, Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
, Dave Liebman
David Liebman (born September 4, 1946) is an American saxophonist, flautist and jazz educator. He is known for his innovative lines and use of atonality. He was a frequent collaborator with pianist Richie Beirach.
In June 2010, he received a N ...
, Toshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in ''Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...
, and Lee Konitz
Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist.
He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz ...
. In 1969 collaborated with saxophonist and journalist Don Heckman
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*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
to co-lead the Improvisational Jazz Workshop.
* 1971 to 1989 — Summerlin founded and directed the jazz program at City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, Cit ...
.
* Oct 10, 2006 — Summerlin died in Rhinebeck, NY
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after a long battle with cancer.
Family
* Former wife (married August 27, 1948 and Oct 15, 1949) — Summerlin married Virginia Lee Allen, in Lexington, MO
Lexington is a city in and the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri. The population was 4,726 at the 2010 census. Located in western Missouri, Lexington lies approximately east of Kansas City and is part of the Greater Kansas City Metropol ...
.
* Former wife, Mary Elizabeth (''nee,'' Bouknight) Hyde Park, NY
* Surviving wife, Karen Jones Summerlin (married December 15, 1974, New York City), currently resides in Staatsburg, New York
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::son — Jeff Summerlin, Dutchess County, NY
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::son — Sean Wright, De Soto, KS
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The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 cou ...
Selected discography
As leader
* ''Liturgical Jazz
''Liturgical Jazz'' is the first studio album by tenor saxophonist/composer-arranger Ed Summerlin. It was recorded and released in 1959 on the Ecclesia label.
Reception
''Liturgical Jazz'' was billed as "a musical setting of an order of morning ...
'' (Ecclesia Records) (1959)
* '' The Don Heckman-Ed Summerlin Improvisational Jazz Workshop'' ( Ictus, 1967), co-led with Don Heckman
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:
Places
*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
, featuring Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn (born March 24, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator.
Biography
Kuhn was born in New York City, New York, to Carl and Stella Kuhn (née Kaufman), and was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. Hi ...
and Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
* ''Ring Out Joy
''Ring Out Joy'' is the third album by tenor saxophonist Ed Summerlin, recorded in April 1968 and released later that year on the Avant-Garde label. The album marks a return to the religious concerns that characterized Summerlin's 1960 debut LP, ' ...
'' (Avant-Garde Records) (1968)
* '' Still At It'' ( Ictus 1994)
: Recorded at Make Believe Ballroom in West Shokan, New York
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, Ed Summerlin - Bob Norden Quartet, December 27 & 28, 1993, released 1998
: Ed Summerlin (tenor sax), Bob Norden (trombone), Charlie Kniceley (bass), Chris Starpoli (percussion)
* '' Sum of the Parts'' (Ictus, 1998)
: Recorded at Make Believe Ballroom in West Shokan, New York
West Shokan is a hamlet (New York), hamlet in the town of Olive, New York, Olive in Ulster County, New York, Ulster County, New York (state), New York, United States. The community is located near New York State Route 28A and is west of Kingston, ...
, released February, 1998
: Ed Summerlin (tenor sax), Bruce Ahrens (trumpet), Joe Chambers (drums), Ron Finck (alto sax), Tony Marino (bass)
* '' Eye on the Future'' (Ictus, 1999)
: Recorded at Make Believe Ballroom in West Shokan, New York
West Shokan is a hamlet (New York), hamlet in the town of Olive, New York, Olive in Ulster County, New York, Ulster County, New York (state), New York, United States. The community is located near New York State Route 28A and is west of Kingston, ...
, December 14 & 15, 1998; released 1999
: Ed Summerlin (tenor sax), Bruce Ahrens (trumpet), Bob Norden (trombone), Ron Finck (alto sax), Tony Marino (bass), Adam Nussbaum
Adam Nussbaum (born November 29, 1955) is an American jazz drummer.
Early life
Nussbaum was born in New York City on November 29, 1955. He grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut, and first played the drums at the age of four. After five years of piano ...
(drums)
As arranger / composer
With Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
*''Hub Cap
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'' (Blue Note, 1961)
With Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn (born March 24, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator.
Biography
Kuhn was born in New York City, New York, to Carl and Stella Kuhn (née Kaufman), and was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. Hi ...
and Toshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in ''Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...
*''The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos
''The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos'' is an album recorded by jazz pianists Toshiko Akiyoshi and Steve Kuhn in New York City in 1963 and released on the Dauntless label. It was later re-released on the Chiaroscuro label under the t ...
'' (Dauntless, 1963)
With Caedmon Records
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* ''Winnie the Pooh: Told and Sung'' ( Caedmon, TC 1408; 1972) – words and music by A. A. Milne
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, Fraser-Simson and Julian Slade
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, read and sung by Carol Channing
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; additional music, arrangements and conducting by Ed Summerlin.
* ''Many Moons
''Many Moons'' is a children's picture book written by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. It was published by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1943 and won the Caldecott Medal in 1944.American Library AssociationCaldecott Medal Winn ...
'' (Caedmon, TC-1410; 1972) – James Thurber
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story read by Peter Ustinov
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; background music composed and conducted by Edgar Summerlin.
* ''The Great Quillow'' (Caedmon, TC 1411; 1972) – James Thurber
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story read by Peter Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov ; 16 April 192128 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits ...
; background music composed and conducted by Ed Summerlin.
* Curious George,' and other stories about Curious George'' (Caedmon, TC 1420; 1973) – read by Julie Harris
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Harris debuted on Broadway in 1945, against the wish ...
; background music composed and conducted by Ed Summerlin.
* Curious George Reads the Alphabet,' and other stories about Curious George'' (Caedmon, TC 1421; 1973) – read by Julie Harris; music composed and conducted by Ed Summerlin.
*''Whoever heard of a Fird?'' (Caedmon, TC 1735; 1984) – Othello Bach story performed by Joel Grey
Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz; April 11, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, photographer and theatre director. He is best known for portraying the Master of Ceremonies in the musical ''Cabaret'' on Broadway as well as in the 1972 fil ...
; arranged and conducted by Ed Summerlin.
With The Rock Generation
*''Saturday in the Park and Other Songs Made Famous by Chicago'' (RCA Camden, 1973)"Saturday in the park and other songs made famous by Chicago. Sound recordings: RCA Records"
Copyright Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
As sideman or combo member
* The Contemporary Jazz Ensemble: ''New Sounds From Rochester,'' Prestige Records
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(PRLP 163) (1953)
: Bob Norden (trombone), Bob Silberstein (alto sax), Ed Summerlin (tenor sax), Jim Straney (piano), Neil Courtney (bass), Bill Porter (drums)
: Recorded in Rochester, New York, June 1953
# ''All the Things You Are
"All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.
The song was written for the musical ''Very Warm for May'' (1939) ''
# ''Fantasia and Fugue on Poinciana''
# ''Prelude : Go Forth''
# ''Prelude and Jazz''
# ''Variation''
See also
* One O'Clock Lab Band, Notable Alumni
* List of American composers
This is a list of American composers, alphabetically sorted by surname. It is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time periodhowever, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or impor ...
* List of City College of New York people
* List of jazz arrangers
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or develo ...
* List of jazz saxophonists
Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones ( alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved ove ...
* List of music arrangers
Notable music arrangers include:
A
*Toshiko Akiyoshi
*Erik Arvinder
*Jeff Atmajian
*Nick Ariondo
B
* HB Barnum
* Norman Bergen
* Doug Besterman
*Larry Blank
*Buddy Bregman
*Alan Broadbent
*William David Brohn
*Christoph Brüx
*Paul Buckmas ...
* List of saxophonists
Instruments key:
* s, Sopranino
* S, Soprano
* A, Alto
* T, Tenor
* B, Baritone
* b, Bass
* c, Contrabass (or tubax)
* sc, Subcontrabass
Indicators key:
*X, instrument has been used by person or group
*X, instrument has been used by person o ...
* List of University of North Texas College of Music alumni
References
Further reading
*Associated Press
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"Group Puts On Show in Texas Church"
''The Ocala Star-Banner''. August 4, 1959.
*United Press International
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"Prayer Service Set to Jazz Gets World Premiere"
''The Milwaukee Journal''. August 26, 1959. p. 14.
"A Requiem for Mary Jo: Grieving Father Composes Jazz Liturgy as Memorial"
''The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald''. February 17, 1960. TV Guide, p. 2
*Dunn, Kristine
"TV to Play Church Jazz"
''The Miami News''. February 19, 1960. p. 8B
*Kelsey, Marianne. "Jazz in the Church?". ''The St. Petersburg Times''. February 27, 1960. pp
1D
an
12D
*Vandenberg, Jack (UPI)
"Jazz Liturgical Service Ready: It Will Be Performed in Washington Church"
''The St. Petersburg Times''. May 26, 1962. p. 9-D.
*Whitney, Elizabeth. "It's a Worship Service in Jazz". ''The St. Petersburg Times''. May 30, 1964. pp
1C
an
3C
"Jazz Artist Slated for Church Concert"
''The Newburgh Evening News''. April 15, 1966. p. 8B.
*Selveggio, Stephen
"Reviewer Says Jazz Oratory Proved Exciting Experience"
''The Newburgh News''. April 18, 1966. p. 2
"Religious Music Workshop Opens"
''The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. April 11, 1970. p. 7.
*Davis, John
"Snapshot: Summerlin Still Takes Jazz to the Edge"
''The Millbrook Round Table''. July 22, 1993.
*Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira
"Summerlin, Ed"
''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. New York: Oxford University Press. 1999.
External links
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