Jazz Spoken Here

Live jazz at midnight
soft
mellow stream of favorite grooves
upbeat
yet intimate
as jazz lovers
people lovers
touch fingertips across the table
napkins casually folded
coffee cups ignored
dishes gone

Small focused spotlights
of orange and red
conjure fire
from the ebony baby grand

Deep pulse of stand-up bass
sultry horns
wanderin' reeds
every solo turnin' heads
as each sideman takes up the slack
through the grey-blue smoke

Soft brushes on quiet drums
rich textures sparkling on piano
occasional tangy note
like a twist of orange peel
on a layered chocolate dessert

Sophisticated
elegant
spacewalkin' smooth
that warm blue tempo
leadin’ the way toward morning

Stella's gettin' her starlight on
tonight
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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