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Jam Session - Mondaynight Jazz Let the Music Play

The music exploded Into a thousand heartbeats. We glided down rainbows of organ Melodies, becoming drenched In the golden light of twin Saxophones. We played on the trampolin of The drummer's beat. Andy Ennis (Sax) Mikey Fields (Sax) Claude Liggons (Organ) Ralph Fisher (Drums) Let The Music Play Allen Houser On Trumpet Gabriel heard the note and put his horn away, shamed before the angels by some earthling whose music made Alice forget why she was in wonderland and the Sun Moon and Stars dance together and that Is Heavy! The Joe Clarke Trio Plus 1 Michael Smith On Drums We gonna march While You Play! It's not marching music But We gonna march anyway! Phil Harris on Bass My bass man walked a thousand miles tonight carrying 200 people on his back, his fingers doing the walking and he's not even listed in the yellow pages under Genius Or Prophet... Incompetence Every place you go! Joe Clark His saxophone rippling, notes dance and scatter... We cup them in the pockets of our hearts, Applaud and send them home To Heaven! Baltimore, Maryland Cynthia Cynthia

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Date: 8/26/2012 12:16:00 PM
Awesome, Cynthia, I can feel the music! I love this groovy poetic expression!! Love and Blessings, Rhonda
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Cynthia Alvez
Date: 8/29/2012 8:38:00 PM
Rhonda, So pleased you like this verse...I do have a few others to post, "The Platter Was Brass" and "Third Set At The Cat's Eye"...both about two jazz clubs in Baltimore, Maryland, my home town. Cynthia
Date: 8/25/2012 8:44:00 PM
Excellent piece, very well written. I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you for sharing :) always, Becca
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Date: 8/25/2012 9:16:00 PM
Rebecca, Thank you so much for your comment on this poem...I have updated the poem with a new title, adding "Let The Music Play" and have added other musicians to the piece. Please come back to read again when time permits. Cynthia

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