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Is That Jazz

👤 Gil Scott‐Heron 🎼 I’m New Here (10th anniversary expanded edition) ⏱️ 4:35
🎵 1594 characters
⏱️ 4:35 duration
🆔 ID: 10367915

📜 Lyrics

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.

⏱️ Synced Lyrics

[00:52.52] Basie was never really commonplace
[00:55.34] He was always measures ahead
[00:58.58] And then Ellington was more than number one
[01:02.25] For the music and things that he said
[01:05.94] Bird was the word back when tenors was heard
[01:09.43] From Kansas right up to the Prez
[01:13.38] Billie was really the queen of a scene
[01:15.95] That keeps echoing on in my head
[01:19.25] What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?
[01:26.49]
[01:37.77] Miles had a style that amazes and raises
[01:40.92] The spirits from deep in your soul
[01:44.21] Trane struck a vein, laughter and pain
[01:47.71] Adventures the mind could explore
[01:51.24] Stevie and Bob talk of freedom and Jah
[01:54.46] In their own individual ways
[01:58.42] Playing and singing as long as it's bringing
[02:01.52] A message is all that it says
[02:04.43] Well, what is has will surely last, but is that jazz?
[02:11.86]
[02:15.01] We overanaylze, we let others define
[02:19.07] A thousand precious feelings from our past
[02:22.42] When we express love and tenderness
[02:25.53] Is that jazz, jazz, jazz, jazz?
[02:31.99]
[03:07.23] We overanaylze, we let others define
[03:11.28] A thousand precious feelings from our past
[03:14.55] When we express love and tenderness
[03:17.79] Is that jazz, is that jazz, is that jazz, is that jazz?
[03:22.04] Dizzy's been busy while Grover gets us over
[03:24.89] With notes that go straight to the heart
[03:27.67] And brother Ron gets it on with a bassline so strong
[03:32.18] Sound seem to glow in the dark
[03:35.08] I take pride in what's mine, is that really a crime
[03:38.70] When you know I ain't got nothing else?
[03:41.93] Only millions of sounds picks me up when I'm down
[03:45.67] Let me salvage a piece of myself
[03:49.26] What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?
[03:56.16] What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?
[04:02.61] Oh what it has will surely last, but is that jazz?
[04:09.84] What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?
[04:23.91]
[04:26.02] Now say something smart, you see.
[04:27.95]

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