My school's jazz band was going to play at the Lakeland Jazz Fest tomorrow at Lakeland Community College, but school's cancelled cause its -25 degrees!!! I'm quite crushed (I really wanted to go) so I'm drowning myself in the songs we were going to play. Blues band was gonna play "Freddie Freeloader", "Work Song", "Back At The Chicken Shack", and "Mr. PC". Our jazz band was going to play "A Riff In Time" by Jack Feierman, "Children Of Sanchez" by Chuck Mangione, "Georgia, On My Mind" by Hoagy Carmichael, and "Stolen Moments" by Oliver Nelson. Stolen is my favorite our of all of them, so here's the recording (lil different than our arrangement, even better than it)
inspired by the head + the tenor sax solo at 4:13 :)
stolen moments
your lingering eyes caught mine
a fresh pair to rid myself
of the empty shot glasses staring back at me
fancy meeting you here,
with your soul's windows darker than night
your shutters beating steady to the hi-hat
your glittering irises lure me in,
the soft brush of your skin
crescendos through my whole being
take me beyond time and space
with you, none are existent
for your captivating trance, has stolen me away
Those were some intense lyrics. It's weird how words can make you feel such different things. Good luck at your performance!!
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The Life of Little Me
Thank you!! And yeah, i always think of like a swanky party vibe with jazz songs and that's what the poem was goin for :)
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