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Cécile McLorin Salvant covers “Over The Rainbow,“ “Optimistic Voices,“ and “If I Only Had A Brain“ from The Wizard of Oz, and Gregory Porter's song “No Love Dying,“ live in concert at SFJazz in San Francisco, California on February 12, 2022. Over The Rainbow, Optimistic Voices and If I Only Had A Brain were written for the film The Wizard Of Oz (1939). Judy Garland sang Over The Rainbow, and it became her signature song. Here in concert, Salvant sings the opening verse which was omitted from the movie (“When all the world is a hopeless jumble / And the raindrops tumble all around / Heaven opens a magic lane“). If I Only Had A Brain was sung in the film by the character Scarecrow, played by Ray Bolger, when he meets Dorothy. Optimistic Voices (“you're out of the woods, you're out of the dark...“) was sung by an unseen chorus as Dorothy heads to the Emerald City. No Love Dying appeared on Gregory Porter's third studi
