Is That Jazz

Basie was never really commonplace

He was always measures ahead

And then Ellington was more than number one

For the music and things that he said

Bird was the word back when tenors was heard

From Kansas right up to the Prez

Billie was really the queen of a scene

That keeps echoing on in my head

What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?

Miles had a style that amazes and raises

The spirits from deep in your soul

Trane struck a vein, laughter and pain

Adventures the mind could explore

Stevie and Bob talk of freedom and Jah

In their own individual ways

Playing and singing as long as it's bringing

A message is all that it says

Well, what is has will surely last, but is that jazz?

We overanaylze, we let others define

A thousand precious feelings from our past

When we express love and tenderness

Is that jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz?

We overanaylze, we let others define

A thousand precious feelings from our past

When we express love and tenderness

Is that jazz, is that jazz, is that jazz, is that jazz?

Dizzy's been busy while Grover gets us over

With notes that go straight to the heart

And brother Ron gets it on with a bassline so strong

Sound seem to glow in the dark

I take pride in what's mine, is that really a crime

When you know I ain't got nothing else?

Only millions of sounds picks me up when I'm down

Let me salvage a piece of myself

What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?

What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?

Oh what it has will surely last, but is that jazz?

What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?

Now say something smart, you see.