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 hymn tunes. Download the article here!Click here to listen to/purchase the Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns recording and sheet music e-book.