Master
of
groove and nuance
regardless
of
genres
unearth of the
musical times gone by
that
African-American
spawned
in this
nation state
melodies
that would dominate
for decades
to come
the
music known as
jazz

the
importation
of
human thoughts
and
feeling
the living memory
of
griots
crude instruments
and
polyrhythms

expressions
from
the talking drum
{dundun}
gongs and rattles
a fertile times
in a town
devoted
to the religious
pursuits
of
indulgence
an
intermingling of repertory
{Creoles- Blacks}
many style were
absorbed
       
before the
advent of records
Scott Joplin
became a master
of a
jaunty
one two rhythm
a syncopated tempo
ragtime
reign
“Maple Leaf Rag”
and
“The Entertainer”
     
dixieland
discarded the stiffness
of ragtime
Louis Armstrong
began
messin around
improvising melodies
turning mistakes
into
unexpected
enrichment
of the
baroque
started
to
swing
a steady beat
musician and tune
became
identifiable
Ellington
consistent inventiveness
artistic personnel
and
innumerable
moods
soft light and sweet music
horns
stirring up a storm
of
contrast and harmonies
expressing
the
moods and moments
of the
African American
Experience
cerebral new form
of jazz
a departure
from the traditional
improvising within fixed
chords
progressions
free jazz
Dizzy Gillespie
Charlie Parker
Thelonious Monk
began
experimenting
with
eighth-sixteenth
notes
they were more jumpy
full of twist and turn
with
lots of salt peanuts
scatting
means dissolving
words
into
sound
“be bop sh ban”
jazz singing
     
jazz had its humble roots
in
taverns
sporting houses
melodies and cadences
were in
Sunday services
heavy
grooving will live
on