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Jazz

by Dot Brovarney


Jazz is
do wop diddy
Duke and Dizzy
oobie do daddy-o
benny g and satchmo

jazz is
bird that flies to paris
thoroughly modern miles

jazz is
berets and booze
it riffs and soothes

jazz is
intense and immense
a hip cat who sings scat

jazz is
trumpet and trombone
tenor saxophone

jazz is
rhythm and
improvisation
poetry and
conversation

jazz is
roots and soul
jazz is

 

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Mendocino College Online Journal of the Arts - Spring 2002 Text Version

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