Hymns in the Garden

Hymns in the Garden
Studio album by Kirk Whalum
Released	September 11, 2001
Studio	Dark Horse Recording (Franklin, Tennessee) O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:03:02
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Kirk Whalum John Stoddart
Kirk Whalum chronology
Unconditional (2000) Hymns in the Garden (2001) The Christmas Message (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Will Trust in the Lord"	Traditional	4:27
2.	"Jesus Paid It All"		4:18
3.	"Christ Is All"	William A. Williams	4:47
4.	"Precious Lord Take My Hand"		5:00
5.	"Just a Closer Walk with Thee"		3:36
6.	"My Faith Looks Up to Thee"	Ray Palmer	5:19
7.	"Jesus Is All the World to Me"	Will Lamartine Thompson	5:56
8.	"Fairest Lord Jesus"		5:14
9.	"Softly and Tenderly"		4:46
10.	"I Must Tell Jesus"	Elisha Hoffman	6:15
11.	"He's Sweet I Know/He Knows How Much You Can Bear"	Traditional/Roberta Martin	4:00
12.	"I Want Jesus to Walk with Me"	Traditional	5:27
13.	"In the Garden"		3:47

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

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Kirk Whalum: Hymns in the Garden". AllMusic . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
2. Kirk Whalum: Hymns in the Garden. Warner Bros. Records. 2001.
3. "Kirk Whalum (Billboard Charts)". Billboard . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
4. Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (4th ed.). UK: Virgin. p. 923. ISBN   978-1-85227-183-1.