Music To My Ear

By luigi_pagano

Sun, 10 Jun 2018
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We were three Italians
and set in our ways,
brought up with music
since our early days.


We'd wake up to the aria
of Nessun Dorma,
suffered with Tosca
or Bellini's Norma.


Then it all changed
because of a whim
of a redhead maverick
by the name of Joachim.


His real name, Gioachino,
wasn't liked by my friend
whose love for opera
had come to an end.


Of soul music and jazz
he was now a buff.
Of that type of music
he couldn't get enough.


He had LPs of Coltrane,
the American saxophonist,
and of Tommy Dorsey,
who was a trombonist.


Being enthusiastic
he'd often come round
to show me new records
he had recently found.


One day he forgot
to retrieve from my deck
the latest recording
by Bix Beiderbecke.


It was Singing the Blues
and I caught the drift
he hadn't forgotten
but that it was a gift.


To return it to him
could have been a risk:
I may have lost forever
my favourite disk.


© Luigi Pagano 2018

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Comments

Submitted by maisie on

neatly done, I think it would work best sung

maisie angel Guess what?  I'm still alive!

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I would if I could, Maisie, but I can't sing for toffees.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

What a great I P Luigi,

you've got some great rhyming going on. 

Jenny. xx

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Hi Jenny, it isn't all fiction: when I was a teenager, I and two friends started a collection of jazz records. Years later we split it three ways but can't remember what happened to my share. I must have sold it.
My liking for jazz still remains though.

Luigi x

 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

 Hi again Luigi,

just had to come back to your comment. I bet that collection of Jazz would be worth quite a bit, as vinyl is back in fashion.

I only started getting into Jazz in my late fifties, then I went out and bought a Jazz box set of CDs. There's some good stuff, like Chet Baker - Shorty Rogers - Ted Curson- Brooker Little, all Trumpeters. There's also Jazz from the Saxophone, Jazz piano, Jazz guitar. I love to play while I'm writing, it's very inspiring and takes the imagination on a magic carpet ride of sound.

Anyway take care and happy Jazz listening.

Jenny. xx

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Yes Jenny, what goes round comes round and vinyl is fashionable once again. I regret that I didn't keep mine but considering that they were played continuously they might have been full of scratches.

Luigi xx