At Grace Cathedral

At Grace Cathedral
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 1965
RecordedMay 21, 1965 (1965-05-21)
VenueGrace Cathedral, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length39:11
LabelFantasy
Vince Guaraldi chronology
From All Sides
(1965)
At Grace Cathedral
(1965)
A Charlie Brown Christmas
(1965)
Singles from At Grace Cathedral
  1. "Theme to Grace"
    Released: 1965
Alternate cover
Fantasy 1997 CD release cover art
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
All About Jazz[2]
Five Cents Please[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

At Grace Cathedral (also known as Vince Guaraldi at Grace Cathedral and The Grace Cathedral Concert) is a live performance album by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, released in the U.S. in September 1965 on Fantasy Records.

The performance was recorded live at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California on May 21, 1965.[3][5] It is considered to be the world's first "jazz mass" presented during a church service.[6][7]

At Grace Cathedral was released on CD in 1997 by Fantasy under the title The Grace Cathedral Concert.[3]

  1. ^ Ginell, Richard S. "At Grace Cathedral". AllMusic. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Payne, Douglas (August 1, 1997). "Review: Vince Guaraldi: The Grace Cathedral Concert". All About Jazz. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: At Grace Cathedral". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 614. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ "Grace Cathedral Discography". Grace Cathedral. 2015. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Bang, Derrick (2012). Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. Jefferson, North Carolina (U.S.): McFarland. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-7864-5902-5. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  7. ^ Thomas, Andrew (November 17, 2016). "Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi Documentary Re-Discovers Long-Lost Jazz Treasures". PRWeb. Retrieved June 4, 2020.