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"Caravan" is an American jazz standard by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung. The song has regained popularity since being featured prominently in the 2014 film Whiplash .
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Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則, Takahashi Masanori; born February 4, 1953), professionally known as Kitarō (喜多郎), is a Japanese musician, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age music.
Kitaro's latest project, Symphony Live In Istanbul was nominated for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, and is Kitaro's 16th Grammy nomination to date. He also appears in five full-length concert videos and has composed scores for numerous films including Oliver Stone 's Heaven & Earth , Impressions of the West Lake , and The Soong Sisters .
In his book, Songbook, about his 31 favourite songs, Nick Hornby names "Caravan" from the live album, It's Too Late to Stop Now as the song he wants played at his funeral. . He writes that "in the long, vamped passage right before the climax Morrison's band seems to isolate a moment somewhere between life and its aftermath, a big, baroque entrance hall of a place where you can stop and think ...
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In the score are featured exotic-sounding percussion, gongs and flutes contrasted with synthesizer and orchestral sounds. It also features Chinese huqin, Vietnamese folk tunes and chant-like vocal textures.
Several authors have commented on the mysterious object, "Veedon Fleece" as it appears in the album title and in the lyrics of the song "You Don't Pull No Punches, but You Don't Push the River". Scott Thomas states in his review: "The Morrison-conceived Veedon Fleece is the symbol of everything yearned for in the preceding songs; spiritual ...