Bandstand Poems - Poems about Bandstand

Jazz Out

...(Sam Trio stands at the mic, snaps fingers lightly, takes a drag on a Marlboro, and smiles to the crowd) Dig this, we’re going back in time, way back to the smokey jazz clubs and cool sounds and jazz...

Is Ashwin the Indian Don of Spin

...Where do you begin with Ravichandran Ashwin...intellectual impresario

Red ball romeo... conceptual maestro..the Kingpin of spin..leather lothario

Perpetual taunting...teasing..bubbling cerebral...

Stars of Wonder

...
 Stars are a wondrous sight in the night 
They are a most dazzling precious light
Not only beautifying the sky
But guiding the way for you and I.

Dancing angels out in aerospace 
Wit...

Thinkin' in Jazz

...Thinkin' in Jazz
 In the smoky air of a dim-lit bar, where the jazz notes are free to be/
 I’m hittin’ the keys black-and-white, they  dance under my fingers/
 learning the language of the night, ...

WEST COAST JAZZ

...You can smell jazz, if you got hip to the sound, like on   “Camera Three” a  TV program in the 50s/ a 1956 episode featuring The Gerry Mulligan Quartet in black -N- white/
 many  jazz clubs come and...

DID MONK PLAY FUNK

...Thelonious Monk, In a world where he spins not just notes, but notes where bebop rides vibes/
 Monk plays funk, Groovy good-time funk, A jazz revolution, a sonic delight/
 No, Thelonious Monk did n...

JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM

...JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM HISTORY AND SPOKEN WORD

Before the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco’s Fillmore District came to be, it was Jack’s.   A poppin’ groove organ funk soul jazz club on Sutte...

The Legend of Jazz Soup

...The Legend of Jazz Soup Man, listen close/
 This cat, He’s got the chops, deep, digging, negotiating chord changes, blowing you away with hip to the bone genre bending melodies, Improvising on his t...

C-P 33 and 34

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                                               P.C. # 33
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                 Many eves of New Years, unbidden, come to mind

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KEROUAC THE WORD SPEAKS JAZZ Tony Adamo

...KEROUAC THE WORD SPEAKS JAZZ/Tony Adamo

Spoken Word All in Caps for Better Reading While in Recording Studio/10/14/23
THE JAZZ COOL AND BEBOP MUSICIANS MADE MUSIC THEIR OWN/
 THE BEAT GENERATION...

Backbone Slim

...Backbone Slim’s Blues/Tony Adamo
12/10/2024

In the deep south, where rivers wind, A tale unfolds, of a soul inter-twined/
Backbone Slim, born where the cotton sways, In fields of labor, he spent...

Who Remember the Good Ole Days

...Only the Real OG's will remember. 
All of these old movies are from back in the day.
Some of you will remember and some of you won't have a clue of what I am talking about.
Let's go down memory la...

Town Full Of Sound

...Town Full Of Sound

I use to live in 
A town full of sound
With Roller Coasters
And Merry Go Round
Horns would blast
To sound an alarm

I use to live in 
A town full of sound

I use to li...

Baby Boomers 1946-1964

... 
 The first K-mart 
opens its door.
   Into space we 
start to explore.

   Motown Records is born,
It's from the soul.
   We have new music, 
It's called Rock n Roll.

   For luc...

Teen Magazine 1965

...teen magazine was popular in 1965 when I was thirteen
mom had Better Homes and Garden, Redbook and Women’s Day.
it was only right that my identical twin and I would have Teen.
mom’s magazines were...

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