"Jazz on a summer night"
S H L G Bisson
Jazz on a summer night.
I suppose this should be Concord,
and Dave Brubeck;
but we're in Bristol,
in a tent, on the docks
and Barbara's blowing sax.
It's not trad jazz, or free jazz
(though it didn't cost me
a penny to get in),
but a modern big band,
playing hot tonight
and Barbara's blowing sax.
They're playing to celebrate
Bristol, and its history:
Irish tunes, Spanish themes,
music from Jamaica,
the old sea shanties
and Barbara's blowing sax.
Jazz on a summer night,
the last train home to Bath.
A tape on my Walkman,
fade out to the music,
I float with the brass,
and Barbara's blowing sax.
--
Simon H. Le G. Bisson |Tel +44 225 826826 x 4020
School of Electrical Engineering |UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!gdr!eesshlgb
Bath University, Claverton Down |ARPA: eesshlgb%gdr.bat...@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Bath, Avon, England. |"Imagination and dreams are our true key."
Wlodzimierz Holsztynski
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> but a modern big band,
> playing hot tonight
> and Barbara's blowing sax.
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>Simon H. Le G. Bisson |Tel +44 225 826826 x 4020
And you Simon are playing hot too!
Great poem (imho :-). Many thanks.
Wlod