Instrumental Duet,Piano Piano,Trombone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.592904 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by David McKeown. Praise & Worship,Sacred,Spiritual. Score and part. 4 pages. David McKeown #6413325. Published by David McKeown (A0.592904). Just a Closer Walk With Thee is a beautiful spiritual arranged here for Solo Trombone (Treble Clef in b Flat) and Piano.Little is known of the origins of Just a Closer Walk With Thee, other than it was sung in African-American churches in the nineteenth century. National religious conventions in the 1930s gave the hymn a wider audience. Many versions were recorded in the 1940s and Just a Closer Walk With Thee was quickly adopted as a standard by the New Orleans Jazz revival.