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Body and Soul

Wide shot of a pianist wearing a 1930s fedora, playing a grand piano in a moody, atmospheric vintage jazz club to illustrate the Body and Soul jazz standard masterclass.

The jazz standard Body and Soul, composed in 1930 with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton, stands as the most recorded jazz standard in history. This masterwork redefined the American “torch song,”…