Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam Sung by Temple Kol Emeth to Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4"

Temple Kol Emeth, a Southern Reform congregation in suburban Atlanta, Georgia has been conducting Shabbat services with popular musical themes.

We previously posted excerpts from their Beatles Shabbat, with most of the familiar Shabbat prayers sung to famous Beatles songs. Last Shabbat the temple's Ahavat Torah Band played and sang the Kabbalat Shabbat liturgy to the melodies of Chicago.

Today we're sharing their rendition of Adon Olam, to the Chicago song 25 or 6 to 4. The original song was written by Robert Lamm, one of the founding members of the band. It was recorded in 1969 for their second album, Chicago, with Peter Cetera on lead vocals. Lamm said the song is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night. The song's title is the time at which the song is set: 25 or 26 minutes before 4 AM, i.e. 03:34 or 03:35.

The performers are Blake Singer, Cantorial Soloist and guitar, Jon Warner bass and harmony, Ira Wajsman keyboard, Wayne Menick drums, Burt Kann vocals, Gil Estes trombone, Herbie Dorfzaun sax, and Jason Rones trumpet and flugelhorn.

Enjoy and Shabbat shalom!

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