With this rendition of Somewhere over the Rainbow, Mr. Paterson is demonstrating how to communicate the essence of the song. True, we are listening to incomparable technique and musicianship. But there is humility as well in his playing as he so faithfully honors the melody and lyric (in true OP tradition). He gets inside the song, and allows us to fully appreciate its cinematic meaning, and place in American history and music. Thank you Mr. Paterson.
Hello, thank you for your wonderful performance, I introduced a part of the sound source of Live at Van Gelder's on my RU-vid, but if it doesn't work, I will delete it.
There’s no transcription, at least not one that I’ve done as I don’t plan the arrangement in advance, it’s done in the moment. I do offer lessons though on how to sound like this if you like. 😎 visit my website for more info: benpaterson.com
