Once a week, rain or shine.
School assembly marching time,
Shoulders back, tall or proud,
Marching music, totally loud.
The music exploded
Into a thousand heartbeats.
We glided down rainbows of organ
Melodies, becoming drenched
In the golden light of twin
Saxophones.
We played on the trampolin of
The drummer's beat.
Andy Ennis (Sax)
Mikey Fields (Sax)
Claude Liggons (Organ)
Ralph Fisher (Drums)
Let The Music Play
Allen Houser On Trumpet
Gabriel heard the note and
put his horn away,
shamed before the angels
by some earthling whose music
made Alice forget why she was
in wonderland
and the
Sun
Moon
and
Stars
dance together
and that
Is
Heavy!
The Joe Clarke Trio Plus 1
Michael Smith On Drums
We gonna march
While
You
Play!
It's not marching music
But
We gonna march
anyway!
Phil Harris on Bass
My bass man
walked a thousand miles tonight
carrying 200 people on his back,
his fingers doing the walking and
he's not even listed in the yellow pages
under
Genius
Or
Prophet...
Incompetence
Every place you go!
Joe Clark
His saxophone rippling,
notes dance and scatter...
We cup them in the pockets
of our hearts,
Applaud and
send them home
To
Heaven!
Baltimore, Maryland
Cynthia
Cynthia
Whether you like rock or rap
Or classical or jazz,
Music is the equalizer
Everybody has.
Often we’ve heard quoted, “Music
Soothes the savage beast.”
Listening to music helps
Emotions get released.
Opera may make you cry
And hip hop make you dance;
Show tunes make you sing along
And some inspire romance.
Salsa music makes you move
And reggae makes you jive;
Marching music, so emphatic,
Shouts, “I am alive!”
We need sunshine, food and drink
And love to help sustain us,
But music is the magic
With the power to unchain us.