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Jazz Blues Rhyme LP

from Nhojj Poetry Vol. 2 by Nhojj

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April is also Jazz Appreciation Month and what better way to celebrate than with a jazz poem...

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The blacker the berry
The sweeter the juice
The poorer the people
The deeper the abuse

Swing Duke Ellington
Swing that jazz
Swing Louis Armstrong
Big band jazz  

I say the blacker the berry
The sweeter the juice
The darker the people
The tighter the noose

Play Count Basie
Play them keys
Jam Minton’s Playhouse
Dizzy Gillespie

Strange Fruit hanging there
From that tree
Strange Fruit hanging there
For all to see

Sing Lady Day
Sistah sang that song 
Sing for the people
Sing all night long

Lush life feeling blue 
Drink the pain away
Lush life lost his man 
Sits in bars all day

Write Billy Strayhorn
Write that song
Write for those who can’t sing 
Right here you belong 

Segregation 
Discrimination 
Proclamation but 
No emancipation 

Thelonious Monk 
High Priest of Bop
Charlie Parker and sax
Bepop don’t stop 

In the south, they don’t care how close you get
As long as you don’t get too high
In the north, they don’t care how high you get
As long as you don’t get too close

Sing Lady Ella
First Lady of Song
Rockin' in Rhythm
Vocal jazz groove along 

Old King Cole was a merry old soul and
A merry old soul was he
Nat King Cole was a mighty good soul and a mighty great soul in deed

Play Tito Puente
Latin Jazz mambo king
João Gilberto
Bossa nova guitar string

Step out of the kitchen
If you can’t stand the heat
But if I leave the kitchen
Then how we gonna eat

Jazz funk Roy Ayers
Funk it down and out for me
Jazz fusion Herbie Hancock
Shift the tempo change the key 

Bitches Brew 
Witches stew
Miles Davis knew 
So what you wanna do?

Free Jazz John Coltrane
Free jazz today
Birth of the Cool
Cool jazz I say

The blacker the berry  
The sweeter the juice
The poorer the people
The deeper the abuse 

The deeper the abuse 
The stronger the roots
The blacker the berry  
The sweeter the juice

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from Nhojj Poetry Vol. 2, track released April 14, 2018
Written & performed by Nhojj

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Nhojj Orlando, Florida

Singer/songwriter and poet wading through the rivers of R&B, soul, jazz, and reggae.

My intention is to create sonic spaces where you can experience yourself through the lens of love and acceptance.

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