Body and Soul

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"Body and Soul" is a landmark jazz recording, most famously interpreted by tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, that became one of the genre’s most influential and enduring ballads.

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Label Occurrences
Body and Soul canonical 24
Body and Soul (1939 recording) 4
body and soul 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedPerformer Benny Goodman ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
composer Johnny Green ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublisher Harms Inc. ⓘ
firstUSPerformer Libby Holman ⓘ
form AABA ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasInstrumentalVersion Coleman Hawkins 1939 recording of Body and Soul ⓘ
hasTheme emotional vulnerability ⓘ
romantic longing ⓘ
hasVocalVersion Billie Holiday recording of Body and Soul ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald recording of Body and Soul ⓘ
influenced development of jazz ballad style ⓘ
influencedGenre bebop ⓘ
introducedBy Gertrude Lawrence ⓘ
introducedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
key D-flat major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Edward Heyman ⓘ
Frank Eyton ⓘ
Robert Sour ⓘ
notableFeature advanced harmonic structure ⓘ
extensive use of chord substitutions ⓘ
frequent use as a vehicle for improvisation ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
notableRecordingYear 1939 ⓘ
popularizedBy Coleman Hawkins 1939 tenor saxophone recording ⓘ
publicationYear 1930 ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the most recorded jazz standards ⓘ
recordedAt RCA Victor Studio New York ⓘ
recordLabelOfNotableRecording Bluebird Records ⓘ
standardIn jazz repertoire ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
usedIn film soundtracks ⓘ
jazz education repertoire ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coleman Hawkins → notableWork → Body and Soul ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins → recorded → Body and Soul ⓘ
Loïc Wacquant → notableWork → Body and Soul ⓘ
Starstruck → notableSong → Body and Soul ⓘ
Round Midnight (film score) → hasTrack → Body and Soul ⓘ
Lullaby → containsMotif → body and soul ⓘ
linked to: Body and Soul
Modernistic → hasTrack → Body and Soul ⓘ
Modernistic → includesCoverVersionOf → Body and Soul ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins → notableWork → Body and Soul (1939 recording) ⓘ
subject linked to: Coleman
linked to: Body and Soul
Bean → notableRecording → Body and Soul (1939 recording) ⓘ
linked to: Body and Soul
Coleman Randolph Hawkins → notableWork → Body and Soul (1939 recording) ⓘ
linked to: Body and Soul
All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio → hasTrack → Body and Soul ⓘ
Benny Goodman Trio → notableRecording → Body and Soul ⓘ
Monk's Dream → hasTrack → Body and Soul ⓘ
Bud Powell in Paris → hasTrack → Body and Soul ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins → notableWork → Body and Soul ⓘ
subject linked to: Hawk
Coleman Hawkins → notableRecording → Body and Soul (1939 recording) ⓘ
subject linked to: Hawk
linked to: Body and Soul
Johnny Green → notableWork → Body and Soul ⓘ
Robert Sour → notableWork → Body and Soul ⓘ
Robert Sour → coWrote → Body and Soul ⓘ
Frank Eyton → coWrote → Body and Soul ⓘ
Frank Eyton → wroteLyricsFor → Body and Soul ⓘ
Henry "Red" Allen → notableSong → Body and Soul ⓘ
Edward Heyman → notableWork → Body and Soul ⓘ
Appassionato → hasTrack → Body and Soul ⓘ
Extensions → hasTrack → Body and Soul ⓘ