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Central Park Zoo. Undated. By Paul Goldfinger.

KEN PEPLOWSKI  and FRIENDS (live.)  Ken is on clarinet. “All the Things You Are.”  This song was written by Jerome Kern, melody; with Oscar Hammerstein II,  lyrics. It was for a 1939 Broadway show called Very Warm for May.

The great jazz sax player John Coltrane loved the lyrics of this song so much, he referred to it as the “angel glow” song.    (“You are the angel glow that lights the star'”)

“You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song

“You are the angel glow that lights the star
The dearest things that I know are what you are
Someday my happy arms will hold you
And someday I’ll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine”