Gwen Hughes - IN THE GARDEN: JAZZ HYMNS FOR EASTER (CD)

Adventurous reframes of classic church hymns - take, for instance, the bluesy piano that opens the CD on "Risen Today." But then the music becomes lush, with flowing, open journeys through "This is My Father's World" and "Wonderful Words of Life." Music to be enjoyed as jazz expression and a statement of the power of the new life and love exemplified by the season of Easter.