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"Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is a traditional gospel song and jazz standard that has been performed and recorded by many artists. Performed as either an instrumental or vocal, "A Closer Walk" is perhaps the most frequently played number in the hymn and dirge section of traditional New Orleans jazz funerals .
Kenneth Morris (August 28, 1917 – February 1, 1989) [1] was an African American composer of gospel music and publisher who popularized several songs, including "Just a Closer Walk with Thee". Morris was born in New York in 1917 and performed in church as a youth before becoming a professional jazz musician.
Just a Closer Walk with Thee is an LP album of spiritual songs sung by Patti Page, released by Mercury Records. It was released in September 1960 as a vinyl LP. [2]
Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is a traditional gospel song. Just a Closer Walk with Thee may also refer to: Just a Closer Walk with Thee, an album by Patti Page, 1960; Just a Closer Walk with Thee, an album by The Blackwood Brothers, 1969; Just a Closer Walk with Thee, an album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2006
In 1960, Mercury released Page's first album of spiritual music titled Just a Closer Walk with Thee. The label also issued two albums of country music: Patti Page Sings Country and Western Golden Hits (1961) and Go on Home (1962). Her next disc to make the Billboard 200 was 1962's Patti Sings Golden Hits of the Boys.
Just A Closer Walk With Thee / New Second Line (Performed by Harold A. “Duke” Dejan & The Olympia Brass Band) (2:19) Fillet Of Soul – New Orleans / Live And Let Die / Fillet Of Soul – Harlem (Performed by B.J. Arnau) (3:18)
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Their version of "A Closer Walk With Thee" was heard in the first episode of the HBO series Treme and is included on the series soundtrack. [3] Additionally, the Treme Brass Band leads the Marching Krewe KOE on their Fat Tuesday Parade throughout the French Quarter in New Orleans.