Is That Jazz?

Basie was never really commonplace
 He was always measures ahead
 And Ellington was more than number one
 For the music and things that he said
 Bird was the word back when tenors were heard
 From Kansas right up to the Prez, Lester Young
 And Billie was really the Queen of a scene
 That keeps echoing on in my head
 What it has will surely last but is that Jazz?
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 Miles had a style that amazes and raises
 The spirits from deep in your soul
 'Trane struck a vein of laughter and pain
 Adventures the mind could explore
 Stevie and Bob talk of freedom and Jah
 In their own individual ways
 Playing and singing as long as it's bringing
 A message is all that it says
 What is has will surely last but is that Jazz?
 We overanaylze we let others define
 A thousand precious feelings from our past
 When we express love and tenderness
 Is that Jazz? Is that Jazz? Is that Jazz? Is that Jazz?
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 Dizzy's been busy while Grover gets us over
 With notes that go straight to the heart
 Brother Ron gets it on with a bassline so strong
 That the sounds seem to glow in the dark
 I take pride in what's mine is that really a crime
 When you know I ain't got nothing else?
 Only millions of sounds picks me up when I'm down
 Let me salvage a piece of myself
 What it has will surely last but is that Jazz?
 What it has will surely last but is that Jazz?
 What it has will surely last but is that Jazz?
 What it has will surely last but is that Jazz?