Best Satchmo Poems

Sang like a whippoorwill, up high on a hill
   Played trumpet like Satchmo, with panache and skill
To watch that man tap-dance, gave even Gregory Hines a thrill
   As Ella Fitzgerald told us, 'Sammy's pure talent' distilled



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Lady Ella, Queen of Jazz:
      you brought so many songs to life.
   Forget the words? Just make up new ones
         like you did on 'Mack The Knife'.

Satchmo Armstrong, so unique:
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Louis Armstrong …
a class by himself
Not Dixie or Jazz
but much deeper felt

Growing better with age
his music enthralls
If fourteen or forty
his melodies call

Both Ella and Ray
are seated out front
As Satchmo delivers
when others exeunt

Timelessly treasured
he’d broken the mold
Of what sound can measure
—and a smile can hold

(Dreamsleep: December,...

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JJust an old trumpet player with a worn out horn –
Seems he had played it ever since he was born.

Sometimes his lively music put dancing in your feet.
Then there were times he rendered tones so tranquil and so sweet.

So many came to follow this magic...

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As I dusted off an old jazz LP
A musical genie appeared to me
With seven notes in his hand
And a  wish for each one
So I  wished  to see some singers and bands

Then I traveled back in time 
On a C note
To hear the...

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This has to be New Orleans’ favorite song.
It was made popular by the late Louis Armstrong.
Although Satchmo is no longer around.
we can always hear this immortal sound.
The tune is beloved by fans of jazz.
Bands play it with a lot of pizzazz.
It possibly has the most...

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Jamming geniuses - Wow!

                  Jitterbugging soul feels

        joyous, with not a care!

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Just listen to Satchmo,
      Jams by Duke Ellington,
    James Clay's moving tenor
  John Coltrane's fine Post-Bop
       Joyous uptempo tunes...
         Jiggle hips like...

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#Here WE are, There WE were...

I AM Your Seed. 

Today, I won't UNRAVEL the Damaged Weeds...
There's An ABUNDANCE Of New Ones That Multiplies At OUR Feet....
STEADFAST. 
"THEY'LL OUTLAST US."

Where A ROSE And A BEE
Once JOINED, {BONDED} ON A JUNE'S SUMMER DAY...
"TITLES CHANGED" 
AN EXPANSION RANGED,...

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big satchmo
renowned jazz
pops



In Loving Memory Of
Louis Daniel Armstrong   {Satchmo Or Pops}  
{Aug 4th 1901 - July 6th 1971}




Also Entry For Brian Strand's Spetimal Fun Contest...

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true pro

satchmo...

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"YES! THERE ARE MANY SINGERS WITH GREAT VOICES...
JUST THEIR MERE SOUND, ALONE, TELLS US THAT THEY CAN HOLD A NOTE AND CONFIDENTLY "CARRY A TUNE!"

BUT...

WHAT ABOUT A SINGER, WHOM WHEN THEY ENTER A ROOM, OPEN HIS* MOUTH TO TELL A STORY...
IN A WAY THAT STAYS...

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Ya Need to Treat Me Better I'm Old But Not Dead Yet---

I don't need your pity;
I ate no OLD bitty;
Don't serve me no soup or smashed peas
I got this, child keep me a steak, these are my real teeth;

Turn down that T V, what's ya...

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From afar a sound of "Blues" so tender
Like Satchmo strumming his trumpet
His loud voice calling us together
Makes me in verses break into yesterday

Oh Louis...raise your voice to everyone
Make the trumpet's call sound loud
Chase away the fears of the crowd
And those outside who think they're alone

Oh...

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Carlos Alcaraz
plays tennis the way Ol’ Satchmo played jazz;
so creative, so talented, having so much fun, 
and now he’s a two-time Wimbledon champion....

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