Amazing Grace

The author of the words was John Newton (1725-1807), the self-proclaimed wretch who once was lost but then was found, saved by amazing grace. He was, as his father, the captain of a slave ship, but he renounced his profession, became a minister, and joined William Wilberforce in the fight against slavery. With another text, even if the melody is from Ireland, the Cherokee tribe of Native Americans consider it as their national anthem. In the first part of the arrangement, it is important to focus on the balance and secure the accompaniment to float. Make the staccatos short in the jazzy parts to make some small holes and contrasts into the arrangement.