(Appreciated when listening to DB Blues, by Lester Young)
In the days before jazz received a college education
When the location of a happening sound
Would get grapevined around
All the cats would come clean
As we’d descend on the scene
To seek what could be found
Observin’ the ladies
Observin’ their faces, their shapeliness
The ways they’d dress
Artistic tastes which they expressed
Appreciatin’ music
Sittin’ at bars
Diggin’ stars
And giving up ovations
For some hip improvisations
Energy!
That’s what was swingin’
Energy!
That they’ld be bringin’
With each note they played
In a serenade
Made to a jazz beat
Jumpin’ the blues
And payin’ long overdues
Runnin’ their sound
Right into the ground
Every note played to that beat had
A message that
Summoned us to visit the spot
For the enjoyment we got
Listenin’ to jazz played hot
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