David Arivett -- Jazz Music Is Ecstatic Language

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Leonardo DaVinci once said, "Do you know that our souls are composed of music?" Music and religion are intimately linked, and music is one of the most powerful tools to convey religious meaning. As human beings, we have been given the gift of musical language which can help transform us from our humdrum, everyday existence, into something out of the ordinary. Whether music excites or soothes us, it transports us to another place. When we play and listen to music it can lift us out of ourselves to enjoy the very language of the heavens. To quote Albert Einstein, "Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust--we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper." Music is not just sound vibrations or notes on paper--it is ecstatic language. In this article I want to explore jazz music and the ecstatic experience...

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