Amazing Grace: Blues / Improvisational Violin

Here is a somewhat dreamed version of Amazing Grace. Totally "improvised," it came out of what would be called jam sessions with my friend, the extraordinary pianist, Denny Hahn.

Denny and I had discover a few years ago that we really could "sinc" and connect musically. One day, we just started to play ... just play some great well-known Gospel hymns. We just let ourselves be directed by the Spirit, and... wow, it was good. Later we polished and defined how many times we would play the verse, chorus, etc. and how we would shape the mood. That was it. A totally impro-arrangement, nothing written down except for the song's sequence.

This is part of a Medley of hymns we did and played in a concert. Amazing Grace was the last piece.

Click on this link to listen to it (it's a wma file):

http://violinsong.com/audio/Amazing-Grace.wma