This is one of two poems I wrote last year in December after going to an annual jazz concert that I try not to miss. Jazz is my favourite genre of music, and any time I hear a saxophone I get all excited! Last year’s concert was awesome, as usual, and I was so buzzed that I came home and wrote two poems one after the other before I could relax my mind enough to fall asleep. This is one of these poems.
Improv
(Inspired by Christmas Jazz 2011.12.17)
Play, jazzman, play,
spin notes round, sway
side to side with scatty
rhythms; let drums say
what they will, in
percussionist’s way –
Play, jazzman – play!
Sultry sax sends
shivers down swaying back
I sat, feet flat on floor
keeping time:
rocking waistline
Finger snaps
Claps
Spinning high-hats –
The tin-tin-ti-tin-tink
Transports me, links
soul to body on
musical plane …
Out of body experience
Soul rests as notes wane
Then picks up again…
Can’t help it! Up on my feet!
Notes sound too sweet
to sit still
The thrill makes body hover
Moving
Grooving
Even when it’s over –
Play, Jazzman, PLAY!
Play, jazzman, play,
spin notes round, sway
side to side with scatty
rhythms; let drums say
what they will, in
percussionist’s way –
Play, jazzman – play!
This is excellent! You really nailed the rhythm.
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Thanks Mama Zen! 😀
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i can dance to that poem Robert
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Thanks Sherani! ❤ Glad you like it!
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Wonderful rhythm, I really enjoyed it.
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Thanks Cloakedmonk 🙂
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I like some jazz okay, but there is some I just don’t care for. It’s certainly not my favorite genre of music. Yet your poems made me wish I was there. Peace, Linda
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Well I’m glad you did wish u were there 🙂 It was awesome – and I’m not saying that just coz I’m a jazz lover… I mean hearing the guys improvise on Christmas classics like “Oh Holy Night” and “We Three Kings”! Man it was FREAKING AWESOME! Glad you liked the poems!
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Makes me want to get up and move!
http://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/03/drum.html
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Go on then! Get to dancin’!
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Yes sir!
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Check out my other poem Ascension – it was written directly after this one based off of the same jazz concert. I linked to it on the Think Tank page as well …
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oh i can def. relate to this…. i love all the instruments in jazz, bass, piano, drums, guitar.. but the brass instruments for me are those that carry the emotions of the player like none of the others does….
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So true, Claudia… I usually say that if I come back when I die, I want to come back as a saxophone – my favourite instrument – I want to be blown… *grin*
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This is so jazzy and that refrain “play jazzman play”… it clearly shows you know your jazz… very good… and I really like how you can’t sit still …
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That means a lot Bjorn! Thanks for reading!
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I can understand why you need to ‘let out’ some of those emotions after listening to jazz – especially when it’s live and the whole audience is grooving. There’s something almost like primeval enchantment there, which no recording can quite match.
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So true, recording has nothing on seeing and experiencing jazz live!
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ha. hey jazzman you got it spinning in this one…i can feel the music your words a bit…letting the music just take me to that place….i am ready to get up and get moving…smiles.
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😀 Thanks Brian 🙂
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Excellent. I loved feeling your poem.
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Thank you, Beth! ❤
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What an excellent poem!
I like the rhymes a lot. 🙂
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Wow 🙂 Thanks!
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You’re welcome…You should check out my poem…:)
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on my way 🙂
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I can feel the beat here! Very coolly jazzy!
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😀 Thaaaaaank youuuu!!!!!!!!!
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My goodness – you certainly did it. You made music out of words – sounds, rhythms, rhymes. Made me want to dance too. Excellent work. So fine.
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yeaaah! Coming from you that’s a real compliment! Thank you!
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This makes me feel like the drummer in your quartet. So fun!
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😀 Thanks soooo much!
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This is gorgeous. I need to read this a number of times to extract all of its juices 🙂
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*jumping for joy* Thanks so much!
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What a fun write, and your love of jazz really shines through.
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Thanks soooo much!
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