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When The Jazz Musician Sings

"When the Jazz musician sings" c.2008 K.Murray

Does it mean the gigs in trouble when the jazz musician sings
Cause normally he's happy playing odd notes while he swings, or
Does it mean you missed a coup'd'etat behind the wings
and a crooner lies unconcious while a time bell softly rings
and if he's singing like a tomcat could his reasons be the same
could this be a futile strategy to find or meet a dame
could it be a late attempt to grab some all illusive fame
are you witness to a sidestep that could end careers in shame
well it could be that his singin means a thousand different things
Does it mean the gigs in trouble when the jazz musician sings.

well it might be desperation he may just have lost his nut
he might be trying to free himself from some viscotic rut
it could be a reaction to a world thats changing fast
or an exorcism of some demons hiding in his past
or witnessing a million love songs falling on deaf ears
its hard to watch the world ignore that greatest gift for years and years
or maybe its a substitute for shedding all his tears
or is he simply challenging his critics and his peers
well it could be that his singing means a thousand different things
are we heading into trouble when the jazz musician sings

The reasons very simple let me end your guessing game
its a kind of anger management with a theraputic aim, you see
these machines kills fascist's i heard woody guthrie say
now theres none left in the folks clubs where the righteous go to pray
but there might be some in jazz world its an easy place to hide
theres a shortage of considered verse its a swingin note filled ride
so with great resolve just so you know that all the jazz we play is
aimed at any fascist's hiding mongst you good folks today
and our ammunitions friendly so please dont move away
cause the decent won't be troubled when the jazz musicians play.

The 1st serious song i wrote was "The road to Basrah", but its not for this collection, too heavy and i felt i should write something that would'nt immediately frighten or chase off jazz fans. My peers and colleagues would need a reason for me jumping headlong into song, each dilema is potentially a blues, so ..... this lyric appeared as a result.

Myself, Brian and Mario recorded, guitar, piano and double bass at Sound Cafe, where Dave Grey fed us a guide track and we behaved as rhythm sections should and nailed the groove and form over 2 takes. The session was great fun and that attitude is tangible via the recording and the performance we captured. I emailed the results to John in NZ and this became the 1st of many songs that had the drums added in this way. Maisie and Alex were recruited to add some atmoshere and handclaps and it was emailed back to the Forge. The vocal came together very quickly and the take on the cd happened early in the preceedings.