featuring Branford Marsalis (instrumentally only)* original version appeared on the Mo' Better Blues soundtrackI would like to play a.. little tune I just composed not so long agoMs. Billie Ms. Billie Ms. Billie Holiday*HORNS**drum roll* *piano keys played**HORNS*Byrd..? *trumpet solo* *group horns*The music called jazz.. > Guru*HORNS*[Guru]It's roots are in the sounds of the Africanor should I say the mother.. bringin us back againFrom the drummin on the Congo, we came with a strong flowand continue to growFeet move, to the beat of the t'baloNow dig the story and followFor then it landed, on American soilThrough the sweat, the blood, and the toilHear, Praise the Lord, shouted on chain gangsPain they felt, but it helped them to maintainScott Joplin's rags, Bessie Smith's bluesSt. Louis blues, they were all the newsRingin smooth.. in all the listeners earsFulfillin the needs, and plantin the seedsof a jazz thingKing Oliver's group was a train comin throughto Chicago, bringin the New Orleans grooveAnd when Satchmo blew, the audience knewBasil Street blues was the whole house tuneit was music.. great to dance toGreat to romance to with a lot to say to youRelaying a message, revealing the essenceof a jazz thing* DJ Premier cuts jazz music *In the 40's came be-bop, the first be-bopThe real be-bop, so let me talk aboutDiz' and Byrd, givin the wordDefining how a beat could be so completePlaying with ferocity, thinkin with velocityAbout ornathology, or anthropologyand even ?, and this is real historyTheolonious Monk, a melodious thunkNo mistakes were made with the notes he playedHis conception, was ?re condite?A star glowing bright among dim lightsThe critics did cite that he sounded alrightCharlie Mingus, such nimble fingersDroppin the bass, all over the placeand Max Roach, cymbals sockingBass drum talking, snare drum rockingRestructuring.. the metaphysicsof a jazz thingJohn Coltrane, a man supremeHe was the cream.. he was the wise oneThe impression of Afro Blueand of the promise, that was not keptHe was a GIANT step, and there was Ornette ColemanHe was another soul manThe original invisible, playing great musicI wonder why the ?Bangles? couldn't use itNow listen seeThe real mystery is how music historycreated by white men or any other white manthat pretended he originated uh-huh..and contended that he innovated uh-huh..a jazz thing(Of course we know who can really blow)Scheamin on the meaningof a jazz thingAnd this music ain't dead, so don't be misledby those who said that jazz was on it's deathbedCause when Betty Carter sings a songain't nuttin goin on, but simply good musicAnd you won't refuse itShe's takin her time, makin the nuances rhymeSonny Rollins, tenor saxophonewith a big old tone, recitin poemswith notes as words, and haven't you heardNEXT STOP BUTTER, RIGHT PAST OLEONow there's young cats blowinAnd more and more people, yes they will be knowinJazz ain't the past, this music's gonna lastand as the facts unfold, remember who foretoldThe 90's, will be the decade ofa jazz thing I love jazz music (3X)* Primo scratches I love jazz music *A jazz thing..
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