The most obvious motif at first hearing is the repetitive use of a descending octave leap in the melody. This displays wordpainting in two ways: first, a willow tends to be a very tall tree with ...

With Nancy Wilson & George Shearing's 'The Swingin’s Mutual' as a model, Washington, DC-based vocalist Darden Purcell and co-producer, arranger, guitarist and husband Shawn envisioned a modern take on ...