Clubscene - WordJazz

In the Borderland

 a
short distance
away from the neon-lit
bohemian
neighborhoods
of
Portland OR

funk and grit
have crossed the river
to
suburbia
at
last

infectious
syncopated conversation
between
an impudent flute
wandering
up and down
the scale
or
the catchy riffs
of
a delirious
caterwauling saxophone
a
mellower sounding
flugelhorn
that blends with the
dark
counterpoint
of the bass
a
keyboardist
slicing smoothly
between the notes
leaving his mark
and flirting
with the
polyrhythmic drumbeats

smooth
refined voices
intone
love songs
single-mindedly
riding the groove
into the
realm of love
with
no thought of leaping
off
scatting
a mile a minute
ecstatically

Tommy O's
Vancouver, WA

Redd Williams
11/27/08