The Great 5/4 of Jazz is Gone...
by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com
...or is he? Like Pavarotti, Bernstein, even ‘ol Blue Eyes and Ella, there are so few worth remembering, but this is one…yes, this is one to add to that list.
Friday, December 7, 2012
The Great 5/4 of Jazz is Gone...
by Odin Roark
Or is he?
Dave Brubeck
The hands that bequeathed a human
The soul that knew music
More than himself
Hands that could carve emotions
Most were slow to feel
But the wise sensed epiphany then
Now
Just as Bach knew innovation
As Mozart new audience desire
The Dave knew the beat
The sound
The creation
Of the unknown
‘til the ‘50s gave his birth
So came this man
From a cattle ranch raising
With an urban mission to revolutionize
Sound that was foreign
Until the Brubeck/Desmond hook-up
Left audiences wide eyed
Open eared
Whoa!
So many were slow
So few knew
So countless found out
So goes history
We'll miss not only Dave
But the gentle smack in the face
That said
Hey
There's more to music than...
Rest in peace, my friend
doG...You will be missed
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"anything that tries to sound like Dave Brubeck." Thirty years later I saw him again. He remembered my comment, and he agreed.