Get Your Premium Membership

Flea Market Jazz Vinyl Diggin'

Poet's Notes
(Show)

Become a Premium Member and post notes and photos about your poem like Tony Adamo.


on weekends, Mondays, and maybe Fridays too/ across the Bebop time zones/ people be digging at flea markets 4 Bebop jazz gold/ walkin', talkin', lookin' workin' the price/ on a table way in the back/ I dug into a crate of LPS and found jazz vinyl alongside a vacuum cleaner/ It was Mark Murphy singing vocalese/ and the young Roland Kirk before Rahsaan was in there too/ both in mint condition for a buck and a blunt/ we all smoked a few/ as I looked out over the galaxy of tables and booths/ I saw the knot of people selling their unwanted stuff/ Man, what a ride to shuck-N-jive about the vintage jazz LPS you can't find/ Miles, Base, Stanley Turrentine, Hampton Haws, and Annie Ross/ are there for the taking' in a jazz flea market vinyl heaven/ come early before the sun up with a flashlight in hand/ to dig deep into the tables and crates to find a record of Cliff Jordan with sax in hand/ You can dig all day at record stores, flea markets, and online vintage jazz sites/ and not find one 1950s jazz vinyl LP you are looking to buy by choice/ Man, that's such a drag on the jazz-diggin' society/ my time is up walking through the dusty aisles and tables filled with junk/ so dig, all is not lost/ I bargained for and got Cozy Cole's Topsy Part One now I'm on my way to a garage sale I got hip to the other day/ to were back in the day/ Blue Note jazz vinyl covers had a whole lot to say

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

A comment has not been posted for this poem. Encourage a poet by being the first to comment.


Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry