In the pulsating heart of bebop’s wild ride, Subway rails sing the rhythm of the night, Blowin’ off the rails/
a thrill to feel alive, Jazz improvises, takes flight in the city’s light/
Looping in style, the beat generation’s soul, Way gone, yet forever new, they roll, Jack and Neal, spinning the tenor’s wheel, Words and notes, a truth they want to reveal/
Coltrane’s solo on Giant Steps, a climb, Echoes through the alleyways of time,52nd Street, ’48’s jazz glow, Earl Garner’s spirit, hip and slow/
Fog rolls in by the Bay’s embrace, Bebop’s pulse, poets’ word art chase, A synergy of sound and voice, Village streets, where poets make their choice/
Jack Kerouac, with liquor and ink, dives into the dark, on the brink, painted words on Lex Avenue’s track, spoken word jazz, never holding back/
Turntables spinning, on the road we go, Jazz, weed, drink—life’s ebb and flow, San Francisco’s poets, breaking free, unveiling truths for all to see/
In the fusion of music and spoken word’s grace, lies a revolution, a sacred space, of injustice, love, and human rights—The beat goes on through endless nights.
I remember the first time I heard Ginsberg's voice,
A thunderous, cosmic howl that shook the air,
Like bebop horns wailing in the midnight noise,
A raw, unfiltered cry that stripped away despair.
His words, a jazz improvisation of the soul,
Breathless, wild, spinning in free flight,
A sacred chant, a rebel's roll,
Inviting us to dance in the neon light.
He was the poet as a bebop cat,
Slinging syllables like saxophone solos,
A spiritual anarchist, a love diplomat,
Breaking chains, defying all the old roles.
In his voice, I heard the universe's roar,
A call to be true, unshackled, free,
A portal to the sacred core,
Where art and life merge in harmony.
Allen Ginsberg, the beat's wild star,
Blazing through the darkness with cosmic fire,
His words, a jazz riff from afar,
Forever echoing, lifting us higher to right now, right here
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Chug Cramproll made his heelstand in Buffalou so the story goes.
He sprinkledd sand on a surface
and made percussion sounds to the amazment of an audeince.
The song "Mumbled" was used as his entrance theme.
It's beleived it was remixed to the standards
of Modern sounds to have
a edgey Urban feel. " Jive Talking" Cat Vamp was said to be his manager.
"Scatt " and Bebop accompanied them to the ring. Off the wire these sounds like
"oh-be Doo-Bee" with some "ahh-you ahh's"
the debutting sounds of reasons.
So Right" and Yubbia Yubbah"
modern talking swing grooves.
When asked about that debut he said
" I'm a fool to want you: you know
that's life: thats the way it's gotta be!"
Where's that Crooner man; WWhere's that Crooner?"
Zu Du-dum: ooh we!
ahh wee ah!
OOh-wee!
buds beckon to pop
leaves unfurl reveal green scroll
spring devolves uncurls
man
like it was
cool
like an ice box
left open
in the heat
as the jazz
oozed
out in
statico beats
of non-conformity
to the jive
laid down
by the suits
that live in black an white
laced straight
world
without soul
or
knowing
of the flamboyant
dreams
billowed by the wind
of night.
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