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!
Passion's Pleasure 
This is excellent! You really nailed the rhythm.
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Posted by Mama Zen | January 12, 2012, 3:27 PMThanks Mama Zen! 😀
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Posted by bajanpoet | January 12, 2012, 4:03 PMi can dance to that poem Robert
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Posted by Sherani | January 12, 2012, 5:21 PMThanks Sherani! ❤ Glad you like it!
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Posted by lscotthoughts | January 16, 2012, 11:24 PMWonderful rhythm, I really enjoyed it.
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Posted by cloakedmonk | January 17, 2012, 1:11 AMThanks Cloakedmonk 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | January 17, 2012, 1:24 AMI 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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Posted by Linda Kruschke | January 17, 2012, 11:55 PMWell 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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Posted by bajanpoet | January 18, 2012, 12:41 AMMakes me want to get up and move!
http://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/03/drum.html
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Posted by Laurie Kolp | March 29, 2012, 5:35 PMGo on then! Get to dancin’!
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Posted by bajanpoet | March 29, 2012, 5:39 PMYes sir!
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Posted by Laurie Kolp | March 29, 2012, 6:54 PMCheck 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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Posted by bajanpoet | March 29, 2012, 7:01 PMoh 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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Posted by claudia | September 12, 2013, 3:54 PMSo 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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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 9:06 AMThis 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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Posted by Björn Rudberg (brudberg) | September 12, 2013, 3:57 PMThat means a lot Bjorn! Thanks for reading!
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 8:57 AMI 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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Posted by MarinaSofia | September 12, 2013, 3:58 PMSo true, recording has nothing on seeing and experiencing jazz live!
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 8:55 AMha. 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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Posted by brian miller | September 12, 2013, 5:04 PM😀 Thanks Brian 🙂
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 8:52 AMExcellent. I loved feeling your poem.
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Posted by Beth Winter | September 12, 2013, 5:17 PMThank you, Beth! ❤
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 8:49 AMWhat an excellent poem!
I like the rhymes a lot. 🙂
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Posted by charliezero1.wordpress.com | September 12, 2013, 5:33 PMWow 🙂 Thanks!
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 8:46 AMYou’re welcome…You should check out my poem…:)
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Posted by charliezero1.wordpress.com | September 13, 2013, 12:39 PMon my way 🙂
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 2:46 PMI can feel the beat here! Very coolly jazzy!
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Posted by Mary | September 12, 2013, 6:46 PM😀 Thaaaaaank youuuu!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 8:30 AMMy 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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Posted by Gay Reiser Cannon | September 12, 2013, 6:53 PMyeaaah! Coming from you that’s a real compliment! Thank you!
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 8:26 AMThis makes me feel like the drummer in your quartet. So fun!
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Posted by Linda | September 12, 2013, 7:46 PM😀 Thanks soooo much!
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 8:25 AMThis is gorgeous. I need to read this a number of times to extract all of its juices 🙂
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Posted by freyathewriter | September 13, 2013, 10:17 AM*jumping for joy* Thanks so much!
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 13, 2013, 2:31 PMWhat a fun write, and your love of jazz really shines through.
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Posted by shanyns | September 13, 2013, 1:18 PMThanks soooo much!
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Posted by PassionPoet | September 17, 2013, 8:32 AM