Jazz Music

<br>[Guru]<br>The music started in the hearts and drums, from another land<br>Played for everyone, by sons, of the motherland<br>Sendin out a message of peace, to everybody and<br>came across the oceans in chains and shame<br>Easing the pain, and it was without name<br>Until some men in New Orleans on Rampart Street<br>Put out the sounds, and then they gave it a beat<br>I`m talkin bout Jelly Roll, King, and Satch<br>I`m talkin bout the music that had no match<br>Yes the music, and it was born down there<br>We`re gonna use it, so make the horn sound clear<br>It`s jazz music... jazz music<br><br>Yo, the music that Pops, and other cats made<br>it stayed, cause people love when they played<br>To the North, it took a riverboat shuffle<br>To the big cities, with lots of hustle and bustle<br>To Chicago, and to the Apple too<br>This was a scene, that our forefathers knew<br>Go get your crew, I know they`ll get into<br>the jazz music... jazz music<br><br>The music called jazz had the razzamatazz<br>It had the flavor, and a lot of pizazz<br>The big band beat was very neat and unique<br>The swing was king, it made you tap your feet<br>There was Benny and Duke and of course the Count Basie<br>The melody was smooth and yes, very taste<br>There was Hap, The Prez, and Lady Day and<br>Dizzy Bird and Miles, they were all playin<br>They brought it to the people of the foreign lands<br>Back across the oceans and the desert sands<br>Where it echoes in the distant sounds of drums<br>And it rises with the sun on days begun<br>This is the music, that we give tribute to<br>They gave it to us, that`s why we give it to you<br>The jazz music... the jazz music<br><br>The jazz music... UH.. uh.. uh..