When my daughter ChloÁ« was very little — just a baby — I used to rock her in my arms to send her off to sleep. Soothing music always seemed to help her on her way.
One evening I put on an album by the seminal jazz ensemble Weather Report, and I could tell the music spoke to her. She listened to the first song with eyes open and a gathering stillness, and by the end of the second piece she had drifted away.
The next night I put on the same album, with the same result. I soon found that this music was the Sandman’s golden key, and I marveled at how it seemed to relax my little ChloÁ« — and how she always fell asleep during that second track. “Like clockwork!” I said to myself.
I wondered what the title of that song was, so I looked at the album jacket. It was called…
…Dream Clock.
The album is Night Passage.
I just listened to it again, after many years, and it brought tears to my eyes. You can hear it yourself here.
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I tried Mozart piano sonatas with my kid. Never worked. Should have opted for Joe Zawinul instead.
Quite nice.
– M