In a Sentimental Mood
John Coltrane Lyrics
In a Sentimental Mood I can see
The stars come through my room
While your loving attitude is
Like a flame that lights the gloom
On the wings of ev'ry kiss
Drift a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss you make
My Paradise complete
Rose pearls seem to fall
It's all like a dream to call you mine
Made me this night a thing divine
In A Sentimental Mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt that you'd be
Loving sentimental me
In A Sentimental Mood I can see
The stars come through my room
While your loving attitude is
Like a flame that lights the gloom
On the wings of ev'ry kiss
Drift a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss you make
My Paradise complete
Rose pearls seem to fall
It's all like a dream to call you mine
My heart's lighter thing since you
Made me this night a thing divine
In A Sentimental Mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt that you'd be
Loving sentimental me
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Tratore, Songtrust Ave
Written by: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz
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"In a Sentimental Mood" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington which is also performed as a song. Ellington composed the piece in 1931 and recorded it with his orchestra the same year. Lyrics were later written for the tune by Irving Mills and Manny Kurtz. According to Ellington, the song was born in Durham, North Carolina. "We had played a big dance in a tobacco warehouse, and afterwards a friend of mine, an executive in the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, threw a party for Amy. Read Full Bio"In a Sentimental Mood" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington which is also performed as a song. Ellington composed the piece in 1931 and recorded it with his orchestra the same year. Lyrics were later written for the tune by Irving Mills and Manny Kurtz. According to Ellington, the song was born in Durham, North Carolina. "We had played a big dance in a tobacco warehouse, and afterwards a friend of mine, an executive in the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, threw a party for Amy. I was playing piano when another one of our friends had some trouble with two chicks. To pacify them, I composed this there and then, with one chick standing on each side of the piano." The original recording featured solos by Otto Hardwicke, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, and Rex Stewart.
"In a Sentimental Mood" makes use of a musical technique called contrapuntal or chromatic embellishment of static harmony. This is also sometimes referred to as a line cliché.
Ellington recorded his best-known version together with John Coltrane, which is featured on Duke Ellington and John Coltrane and Coltrane for Lovers. The Ellington and Coltrane version was performed in the key of D flat major, mainly from B flat minor 7th to E flat minor 7th, and then A flat 13th to D flat major 7th, with an interesting interlude in A major.
The song has been performed by many other artists including Phyllis Hyman, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Django Reinhardt, Lucky Thompson, Jay McShann, Benny Goodman, Pedro Rossi, Billy Joel, Nancy Wilson, Dr. John, Sonny Rollins, Michael Brecker (Steps Ahead), Daniel Barenboim, Edvard Sađil, Larry Coryell (from his 2001 album Inner Urge), Rob Mullins, Archie Shepp, and Alex Bugnon.
"In a Sentimental Mood" makes use of a musical technique called contrapuntal or chromatic embellishment of static harmony. This is also sometimes referred to as a line cliché.
Ellington recorded his best-known version together with John Coltrane, which is featured on Duke Ellington and John Coltrane and Coltrane for Lovers. The Ellington and Coltrane version was performed in the key of D flat major, mainly from B flat minor 7th to E flat minor 7th, and then A flat 13th to D flat major 7th, with an interesting interlude in A major.
The song has been performed by many other artists including Phyllis Hyman, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Django Reinhardt, Lucky Thompson, Jay McShann, Benny Goodman, Pedro Rossi, Billy Joel, Nancy Wilson, Dr. John, Sonny Rollins, Michael Brecker (Steps Ahead), Daniel Barenboim, Edvard Sađil, Larry Coryell (from his 2001 album Inner Urge), Rob Mullins, Archie Shepp, and Alex Bugnon.
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Nickey Black
IF IT WASN'T FOR JOHN COLTRANE RAKIM WOULD'VE NEVER CHANGED THE HIP HOP GAME
I played the Sax. I learned how to read music. My mother sang jazz to opera back in Brooklyn. She sung at the Apollo on amature night. My brother knew how to play every instrument.
So I came up under a roof of good music. The first thing that made sense to me was join a band. I played a recorder from kindergarten to 3rd grade, and the Sax from 4th to the 12th grade.
In the mist of that, I fell in love with John Coltrane. I heard John play 2 notes at one time, and being that I played the Sax I knew that was impossible.
So when I heard that, that made me think of taking things to the next level. Hearing Coltrane play solos and rhythms, I started realizing all those rhythms I was holding onto.
I started writing rhymes in Hip Hop. I wasn't just hearing 1,2,3,4. I was hearing 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and wa de da da da de wa wa.
I started realizing I can start filling space with rhythm and intellectual words, and 4-5 syllable words. I figured out I can make the same patterns John was using with certain syllable words and certain syllable words after each other ~Rakim
Dabaryam Malak
What are you talking about? hip-hop is a music that embrace the old- only real music lovers know that!
the sugar hill gang rappers delight beat is to a group called chic.
sir mix a lot ironman is the beat of a rock band.
James brown the islet brothers funkadelics has been used in hip-hop.
here is the prob- today the olders aren't sharing there music with the young so they hold on to what they know.
its funny cuz if the old shared their history it would prove what I said- hip hop is a genre of music that embrace the past genre's.
the music of the past is far superior to hip hop itself.
eminem stan is an example of what I'm talking about- the person on hook is the same hook for same song.
music is a beautiful art but who is willing to share.
Saucie Rios
If heaven had a waiting room, this would be the music played.
EricKeepaDraco
@Natey lmao thanks I guess 😂
Mr. Octobass
There is one, and we're all in it right now. Stay safe out there. Enjoy the beautiful music. 😌🤙🏿
LiamSKJ
@EricKeepaDraco neither is god
Mike
Nah fr
tedramor
Absolutely!!!!
Catrina D
I remember when I had this on my mp3, I was on the bus home from school one evening and I remember I used to come home depressed every day after school, because I was being bullied during that time... This song came on, and it was so perfect as the sun was setting and the sky was that beautiful pink/orange. It made me feel at peace, like I could fly.. and nothing else mattered. This song is magical.
Damien Miles
Damn thanks for sharing that :')
Kristine Johnson
Love you, whosoever you are.
This is Laflare Tv
But you made it through