歌曲名 Is That Jazz 歌手名 Gil Scott Heron

作词：Gil Scott Heron

作曲：Gil Scott Heron

Basie was never

really commonplace

He was always measures ahead

Ellington was

more than number one

For the music

and things that he said

Bird was the word back

when tenors were heard

From Kansas right

up to the Prez

And 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

of 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 its bringing

A message is all that it says

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 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

Brother Ron gets it on

with a bassline so strong

That the sounds 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

What it has will surely

last but is that Jazz

What it has will surely

last but is that Jazz