Bebop and scat…blat!
Diz…”it’s ‘bout what not to play”
Ella was the Queen!

Lester and Billie
Which one was which, could you tell?
Tones…moaning…bending.

Bird! Did you hear that?
“Blew notes…as they’d never been”
Dorough, thanks…you heard!

Is there another?
Heart so deep in the music
All embrace…Sheila!

Monk…kerplunk…sharp nine!
Dancin’ for the pulse….then play.
Why did you go ‘way?

Mary Lou…blues knew
That gig with Cecil Taylor?
Who looked up at who?

Guitarist unsung
Sam Brown’s, “Dance of the Wind Chime”
Lawson’s “You Promised’!

Max and Abbey, paired…
Masterful tones and rhythms.
Abbey. Max. Each great!

Bill Evans…so rich…
Reverently journeying.
We, the honored guests.

Sarah…boldly svelt.
Truly instrumental scat!
Musician, divine!

Un Poco Loco
Swingin’ beyond being crazed.
Into the Zones, Bud!

Jon, Jon, Jon… beyond
Rhythmic Chops, Harmonic Bops
Hearing….Everything!

Miles…Ahead…To Go
Glorious tone that lingers
Listen! Hear it? Ah!

Phil… Loft Years with Monk,
Blazing, Soaring, Mind Blowing.
Still incredulous.

Stoloff, a wonder!
Singing, writing, teaching TRUE,
Just not ‘nuf of you!

Monte with Hartman
Waves…gentle…tones…dulcet…deep
Trane was smiling, too!

Elis…undulate
Brazilian rhythms that cry…
The and of four, pops!

Cobb…bap…wap…zu dap
Like Eleana says, swingin’!
Time deserves the best.

Sweet Sue, Alto Sax
Notes surrender to the flow
Mesmerized, in fact!

Haikus by Local 802 member Janet Lawson