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Hymns in the Garden is an album by saxophonist Kirk Whalum issued in 2001 on Warner Bros. Records.[2] The album reached No. 18 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 27 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[3] The album was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2001.[4]
Critical reception
AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier declared "Don't expect too many surprises from Kirk Whalum's Hymns in the Garden if you're familiar with his previous few gospel-tinged albums like Unconditional and The Gospel According to Jazz. Like those two albums, Whalum goes out of his way to invest a considerable amount of spiritual sentiment into his candy-coated crossover jazz."[1]
Track listing
Personnel
- Kirk Whalum – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, programming
- John Stoddart – acoustic piano, keyboards, programming
- Marc Harris – organ
- Doc Powell – guitars
- Michael Manson – bass
- Sean McCurley – drums
- Lalo Davila – percussion
- Jerry Peters – string arrangements
Production
- Earl Cole Jr. – executive producer, production coordinator, management
- Kirk Whalum – executive producer, producer
- John Stoddart – producer
- Gary Paczosa – recording, mixing
- James Bauer – assistant engineer
- Tim Lauber – assistant engineer
- Tim O'Dell – assistant engineer
- Gerry Brown – additional engineer
- Randy LeRoy – mastering at Final Stage Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Mark Larson – art direction, design
- Sharon Collins – design concept
- Barron Claiborne – photography
- Richard Lee – photography
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