Gather round
My friends
Let’s try not to pretend
There is a war between
The cold out there
And the fire within
I know that we’re alive
I know that we can dive
Right into the thick of it
Blues, Improv, Polyrhythms, Syncopation, Swung Notes— and the Like…
I never liked Jazz music because Jazz music doesn’t resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theatre in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes.
After that I liked jazz music.
Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.
I used to not like God because God didn’t resolve. But that was before any of this happened.
—Donald Miller, “Blue Like Jazz”
So true. Except I love Jazz.
