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Amazing Grace is a live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was recorded in January 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles , with Reverend James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir accompanying Franklin in performance.
Bob Snyder (August 11, 1936 – August 28, 2019) [1] was an American musician known for playing tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet, and flute. He performed with The Airmen of Note, the Glenn Miller Air Force Dance Band, and Lionel Hampton. He also served as staff musician for Motown Records, Stax Records, and WJR radio.
An 1847 publication of Southern Harmony, showing the title "New Britain" ("Amazing Grace") and shape note music. Play ⓘ. The roots of Southern Harmony singing, like the Sacred Harp, are found in the American colonial era, when singing schools convened to provide instruction in choral singing, especially for use in church services.
Amazing Grace: Music Inspired By the Motion Picture is a soundtrack for the movie Amazing Grace starring Ioan Gruffudd. The album features new versions of old hymns recorded by some of Christian music's more prominent artists as well as one of the most popular country artists around today.
"Amazing Grace" January 2000: Fats Domino: vocals, piano, producer Carl LeBlanc: guitar Ervin Charles: bass Brian Brignac: drums Roger Pauly: electronic keyboards Jerry Embree: alto saxophone Herbert "Herb" Hardesty, Jon Smith: tenor saxophone Roger Lewis: baritone saxophone Marshall Cyr: trumpet "Alive and Kickin'" "Love You Till the Day I Die"
The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E ♭, smaller than the B ♭ tenor but larger than the B ♭ soprano. It is the most common saxophone and is used in popular music , concert bands , chamber music , solo repertoire , military bands , marching bands , pep bands , carnatic music , and jazz (such as big bands , jazz combos , swing music ).
The two instrumental versions thus depict the commonly associated melody. Composed by Charles H. Spilman and Benjamin Shaw (melody), John Newton (lyrics) Creator United States Air Force Band Articles in which this recording appears Amazing Grace (only jazz version) John Newton William Walker (composer) (only instrumental versions) Nominate and ...
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes. [1] [2] [3]