He’s gone!
How could that be?
All my life I have known him,
His music pervades my life.
I have heard all his interpretations,
The classical composers
Were putty in his hands
As their notes were transformed
Into the glory of Jazz.
Bach and Mozart,
Handel and Schuman,
Ravel and Satie
So many composers,
So many variations,
As he brought the joy of jazz
Into my world.
I will miss him,
But his music will live on,
Live on in my life,
Live on for eternity.