Oscar Petersen’s Jazz: Exploring an Ethic of Mastery

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Oscar Petersen is a jazz legend, the “King of Inside Swing”, and famous for his dazzling piano solos. And though jazz is a genre that bends—and frequently breaks—rules, Petersen proudly proclaimed there were 5 inviolate laws for musicians. Your touch had to be impeccable. Your time had to be beyond reproach. Your tone had to be exquisite. Your technique had to be flawless. Your taste had to be a thing of beauty.

This curriculum will help you analyze Petersen’s jazz-ethic and its application for Christian ministry; integrate this ethic into your values and ethics about work, relationships, and church; and commit to engaging the world masterfully, as Petersen did.