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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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Cynthia Alvez
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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