Daniel Charles Damon is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes whose work appears in many current hymnals. He is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Dan is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church, retired July 1, 2020. He is a jazz pianist and plays at venues in the Bay Area. In 2016 he was named a Fellow of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Dan taught church music at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. His recordings are available online.
Dan is married to Eileen M. Johnson.
Photo: Laura Turbow
Needed Time: Spirituals is Dan’s latest album. It is a mellow jazz duet album of spirituals featuring pianist Dan Damon and bassist Kurt Ribak. The album concludes with Dan singing the title track. The other songs feature piano and bass only. Dan’s arrangements of these spirituals will be available from Hope Publishing Company in Dan’s single-author collection Sing, Little Bird, forthcoming July 2026.
Listen on Amazon.com, Spotify, or other streaming services, or find the album on youtube.com.