GET ME TO THE CHURCH IN 4/4 TIME

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River Journal-----A   century ago, during the Jazz Age (aka the Roaring Twenties), priests, pastors and ministers across the country railed against the popular new genre, calling it the devil’s music.  

At a performance I attended of the monthly live music series Jazz at the UU, organizers had to put out extra chairs to accommodate the crowd.  

UU refers to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley in Croton-on-Hudson and like the VFW hall in Ossining, it offers another offbeat venue to catch live jazz. 

“I know that it’s strange to find jazz in a church, but it’s a way to reach out to the ......Read more at Get Me to the Church in 4/4 Time – River Journal Online – News for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Cortlandt and Peekskill