What’s in a Song: Body and Soul (1)
It starts in silence. By the end, the singer has thrown him- or herself melodramatically, almost operatically on the mercy of a lost love. It’s drenched in self-pity, but was written for and first...
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[Image: "Body and Soul's" opening measures, highlighting the dotted eighth rest] From the wonderful Jazz Standards site’s musicological writeup: Because of its complex chord progressions, “Body and...
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