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"Jazzman" is a 1974 song performed by Carole King, from her album Wrap Around Joy. King composed the music for the song, while David Palmer (formerly of Steely Dan) wrote the lyrics. The song is best known for its lengthy saxophone solos, performed by Tom Scott, while King sings an ode to 'the Jazzman' and the effect he has on her.
Smackwater Jack (song) So Far Away (Carole King song) So Much Love (Ben E. King song) Some Kind of Wonderful (The Drifters song) Some of Your Lovin' Someone Who Believes in You; Star Collector; Sweet Seasons; Sweet Young Thing
Young may have been inspired to write the song after reading Hart Crane's 1930 poem The Bridge, which Young read in London in 1971. [3] The seventeenth-century Indigenous heroine Matoaka (white name, Pocahontas) is a central character in The Bridge. [3] Commentators over the years have noted the song's similarity to Carole King's "He's a Bad ...
Carole King Klein [3] (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.One of the most successful songwriters in American history, she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 over the latter half of the 20th century. [4]
Toni Stern (November 4, 1944 – January 17, 2024) was an American musician who, most notably, collaborated with Carole King. Stern wrote the lyrics for several songs of King's in the 1960s and early 1970s, including It's Too Late. [1] In 2017, Stern published As Close as I Can, a book of her poetry. [2]
The New York Times wrote that "King good-naturedly dishes out humanitarian truisms like chicken soup." [ 5 ] The Globe and Mail noted that "the band of folk-jazz musicians she has assembled around her is Nashville and California perfect," but deemed the album a "likeable, although undistinguished collection of songs."
The discography of Carole King, an American singer-songwriter and musician, consists of 17 studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums, one soundtrack album and 33 singles as a lead artist. King has sold over 75 million records worldwide. [1] Billboard ranked her as the 73rd greatest artist of all time. [2]
Katie Brayben (Carole King) with Alan Morrissey at the Aldwych Theatre, London in 2015. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a jukebox musical with a book by Douglas McGrath that tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King, using songs that she wrote, often together with Gerry Goffin, and other contemporary songs by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector and others.