Snapping fingers rhythmically
(Snapping fingers rhythmically) Cobham's downbeat/ A thunderclap birth/
Shorter's sax, a comet's fiery girth, blowing jazz-poet notes, a furious chase, too quick for the tongue, lost in sonic space/
The new head of jazz, they say, has spoken true, searching for the next, the unheard, the new/
Charles Lloyd, a soul song, a sweeping refrain, brooming the blues off/copping a new jazz riff to be played and improvised on/ never to be played again/
Herbie's Headhunters still echoes in the mind, a rhythmic revolution, a groove you can't unwind/ his Headhunters smashed the groove/
Jackie McLean's Institute, man, he got it going on!/
A jazz rebellion brewing, before the break of dawn/ Functionality plus, a thought bubbling bright, who's the jazz rebel burning through the night?/
Thinking big, a canvas vast and bold, Chick Corea's ivory keys, a story to be told. Piano whispers, intimate and deep, then Esperanza on bass, secrets she keeps/
Man, I'm coasting now, riding on the wave, drum bags packed, the next gig I crave/
Who's next to rise, the champion to claim/
Whose name will echo on the top of the jazz playlist's fame? (Silence, then a final snap) The music waits.
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Tony Adamo
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