Preorder Deanna’s Mary Lou Williams book!
Preorder Deanna’s biography, Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul.
The City Where Jazz is Love
Read Deanna's October 2019 article, "The City Where Jazz is Love," on why she took up temporary residence in Williams's hometown of Pittsburgh.
Tag Archives: congregational song
Deanna’s jazz hymns article in the September issue of Down Beat!
My article, “Making Hearts and Voices Sing: Creating Jazz Hymns,” is now out in the September issue of Down Beat (it’s on pages 82-84). Complete with notated music examples, it offers practical tools on where to start in creating jazz arrangements of … Continue reading
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Tagged congregational song, down beat, hymn arrangements, jazz hymns
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Hearing others sing my music (and winning composition contests)
This morning I found out that my song, “We Belong to God,” won The Hymn Society’s contest calling for new settings of Psalm 100. I’ve written about thirty psalm settings, and this one is one of my favorites (there are … Continue reading
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Tagged composition contest, congregational song, hymn society, jazz hymns, justice choir, psalm 100, sacred jazz
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