Interesting segment on NPR...
http://www.npr.org/2008/10/15/94281015/over-the-rainbow-from-kansas-to-oz
http://www.npr.org/2008/10/15/94281015/over-the-rainbow-from-kansas-to-oz
I always like this kind of musical analysis. Even if Arlen was not consxiously doing what was discussed, only someone with great musical training and ability to translate emotion into song and visa versa could unconsciously create something so perfect.
I recently read "A Love Supreme" by Ashley Kahn which is obviously about the making of the album. It was fun listening to the album while reading along with the book. During the first movement "Acknowledgement", Coltrane repeats the melody 23 times in different keys before chanting the mantra. Elvin Jones' comment was that this was Coltrane acknowledging that God is all around us...wow!
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