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A little jazz is just a bit of this |
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And that sometimes we sing |
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Sometimes we play, sometimes we scat |
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But most of all it's how you feel about the groove |
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And when it's groovin', how the groove makes you move |
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Jazz music sprouted rock and roll |
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It was the very first music that we call soul |
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Jazz is hot, it's cool, it's good, it's bad |
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And it can change your mood to happy from sad |
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Jazz is hip, it's groovy, it's fresh, it's jive |
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And when you play it, it makes your soul come alive |
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You know it's the up beat rhythm that makes it bop |
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And once you get it started, well, it sure is hard to stop |
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No other music can compare |
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When the bass starts walkin' it fills the air |
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You know that the sass of brass has made it last |
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And it's the groove of blues from present to past |
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Hey, what about some of those great legends of jazz? |
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Yeah, like Jazz Royalty |
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Oh, you mean Duke Ellington and Count Basie |
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What about the great horn players? |
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Louis Armstrong, yeah, and Miles and Dizzy too |
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Don't forget Snookie |
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What about Yarnburn? |
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What? Don't you mean Charlie Parker? |
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Yeah, this cool named Freddy Hubert |
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A little jazz is just a little bit of this |
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And that sometimes we sing |
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Sometimes we play, sometimes we scat |
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But most of all it's how you feel about the groove |
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And when it's grovin', how the groove makes you move |