Song Description

BOP ?N BLUES MEDLEY Drums, bass, and voice hit short and sweet on this jazz vocalese with original lyrics to TENOR MADNESS(S.Rollins), STRAIGHT NO CHASER(T.Monk), and NOWS THE TIME(C.Parker).

Lyrics

BOP N? BLUES MEDLEY (1:14)

Why can't you dig, I've flipped my wig
Tried to be normal but my sound is too big
I never win, when I sit in
Folks say I'm crazy and I'll never fit in
they think I'm loony and it's all in my head
Facin' the music is the life that I've led

T. Monk was the best, at playing off of his guess
He loved to invent, his rhythm was bent
He made you think, he played a plinkety-plink
Now everyone knows, the notes that he chose
Were just a portait of the kind of surprises
That you get when you
Do not play it straight


You tried a little this, did a lotta that
Now's the time for you to swing
You're steppin' up to bat
Now you're really livin'
Look at what you're givin'
It's plain to see you let it be
You were the freest cat
Bird was you name
Jazz music was never the same

I start to blow, that's when you know
I feel the rhythm and the notes really flow
No time to think, quick as a wink
Folks start to wonder if my minds on the blink
Follow the leader is the game that we play
Chasin' the sadness, tenor madness away