Improvise and rhythmize:
Pushing the envelope of acoustic ritual
erratic phrases bombard the musical stew
of steady pulses, colored accents.
Ivory by Chick
Ivory by Errol
Ivory by Hancock
Slurring and bending,
instrumental dialogue placates conflicts of melody, harmony.
Legato, staccato --
bee ba dee BAP ba doop BAP bop --
unexpected interruption.
Bassing groove
Drumming groove
Unity groove
Swinging syncopation trading fours in the moontime,
stinging shrieks of dissonance casting shadows of our time.
Half-time
Double-time
Stop-time
Changing form. . .
expanding
retracting
negotiating
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adopting
molding
learning
. . . a protean entity of sound.
Structured beauty
Amorphous beauty
Jazz beauty
Technical precision under impulsive imagination
and malleable but durable and freedom within framework,
© 1998 Nick Pici, all rights reserved
