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King Pleasure bebop jazz singer

King Pleasure bebop jazz singer vocalese hipster/
 a legend he was/
 a master at writing lyrics to solos of jazz instrumentalists such as the lyrics to Charlie Parker's "Parker's Mood"/
 His scat singing was genius along with improvising on melodies and his ability to use his voice as vocalese in bending the pitch of notes as an instrument/
  man, this cat was way gone/
 Pleasure's vocal dynamics was scat sing sorcery/
 in the pocket to his jazz cool new hipster jazz talk/
 his sax like phrasing on lyrics went to another level and beyond the great Eddie Jefferson/
 now dig this you jazz boppers/
 King Pleasure's big jazz hit was "Moody's Mood For Love" lyrics by Eddie Jefferson written to the sax solo on "I'm In The Mood For Love" by James Moody/
  the mighty hipster King was a master at using vocal inflection on words slicing through the night and sung at the speed of light/
 rhythms collide on his phrasing to the bebop lyrics to    Gene Ammons " Hittin The Jug" was renamed by Pleasure as "Swan Blues"/
 King Pleasure had a direct influence Mark Murphy, Al Jarreau, Jon Hendricks, and the Manhattan Transfer singing group/
 look out people cuz at the time King Pleasure was steppin’ into a new jazz sound swingin'  jazz vocalese with ease/
 Pleasure was somethin' else man/
 a jazz cat with a new perspective on jazz singing to the highest jazz power/
 he was a new edition to the way he blew people’s minds
  his lyrical light shined so bright/
 he wasn't a throwback/
  he was the new jack of word speak scat vocalese with ease/
improvising on the beat as his words wrapped around into a tapestry of sound/
every phrase a hip journey of Pleasure on King's treasure of jazzy notes speak/
in the realm of jazz his legacy profound/
King Pleasure knows no bound
Tony Adamo

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