The room was awash,
Awash with people.
They had come to hear,
To hear the band,
And here they were,
Just the three of them.
Only three!
They started and my smile came,
The smile that stayed with me,
With me all the evening.
Their music sent rapture,
Rapture to all.
Their playing enthralled us,
The applause rang out,
Rang out time and time again.
A fourth joined them,
The lady sang the blues,
Her voice so easy on the ear,
No effort did she show.
As with all of them
Playing and singing was their life.
We were amazed,
Where did the time go?
They were walking off stage,
It seemed they had just started,
But no two hours of jazz,
Jazz of the twenties and thirties,
Had transported me back,
Back to that time,
That time when jazz was born.
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Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: My wife and I go to a Jazz Club every month and this week we saw a group called 'Hot Fingers' and they were wonderful, they played jazz in the 20s and 30s style. Hot Fingers Tom ‘Spats’ Langham: Guitar, banjo and vocals Malcolm Sked: Double Bass and Tuba Danny Blyth: Guitar, mandolin, clarinet, bass clarinet, harmonica and vocals Emily Campbell: Vocals.
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Comments7
A fine write G!
Thank you Orchi.
Great stuff - it really does make me want to go along to a jazz concert - haven't been to one for years.
There are some terrific local Jazzers around, as I said my wife and I go every month. Thank you Michael.
Just found them on You Tube and their own website - they sound superb
They are quite a local band to us but it is the first time we have come across them. It wasn't just their playing, it was their humour and their knowledge of the numbers they were playing.
Wow! such wording! 🙂
Thanks Lizzy much appreciated.
Great write
Thanks Tony.
Welcome
Glad you enjoyed the show as I can easily tell in your uplifting and jazzy write Goldfinch!
Jazz is tops, after classical that is. Thanks WBL.
I Love it ❤
Thanks Mandi, much appreciated.
Like your style. Good subject too.
Thank you Jane.
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