Music Listening, Music Therapy, Phenomenology and Neuroscience

6 – Macrotemporal listening dimensions: Movement, Pulse, Rhythm and Melody

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Coleman Hawkins: Body and Soul (1939) - A swinging soundspace

The 1939 recording of Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins is a unique

example of subtle shaping of melodic contour and rhythm.

The original recording is reissued on several labels. Here, the French

Jazz Tribune CD issued by RCA and BMG France, distinguished by its

authentic sound quality, is used as reference. This is an outline of the

timing and form;

Coleman Hawkins: Body and Soul

0'00 Piano intro 4 measures

0'10 A section 8 measures

0'31 A section 8 measures

0'51 B section 8 measures

1'11 A section 8 measures

1'32 A section 8 measures

1'52 A section 8 measures

2'13 B section 8 measures

2'33 A section 8 + 1 measures

The Musical Timespace

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Fig. 6.7. Transcription of Coleman Hawkins: Body and Soul, three A sections

Adapted from Schuller (1989)