Inspiration Jazz

Watercolored acid etching
L33cm x W22cm paper size
Edition of 26

Saxo, sssssss ! Ça s’élance, jase, ça jazze,
Souffle rauque, râpe, caresse, apprivoise,
Cuivre chaud, casse la mesure, se déphase,
Syncopes en cascade, le tempo nous embrase,
Les corps se déhanchent, se croisent, décroisent.

Pom, pom ! la contrebasse masse, grave, enlace,
Grap, grap ! La guitare gratte, grince, s’efface,
Pling, pling ! le piano perle, cascade, s’entrelace,
Ta-da, Tram ! La trompette éclate, claque, dorée, s’audace,
Doo-bap, doo-wap ! Voix basse, baryton, velours en pamoise,
Mmmmm ! Mezzo frissonne, frôle, rit, s’emphrase.

L’impro s’hasarde, s’amplifie, foisonne, s’écrase,
Puis renaît, se relance, vacille, déraisonne et s’extase.

Hey ! Harlem ça clame au Cotton Club, une base,
Yala ! St Germain ça tangue au Caveau, ça gaze,
Armstrong, Parker, Ellington, Davis… en jazz band,
soufflent, jouent, pleine nocturne amaze,
Ils déjouent, dansent, conversent dans l’espace,
effleurent, glissent, frappent, ils se dépassent…

Silence des mots. Bulle, chant des sons. Notes en phase.
La musique parle. Partage en pleine joise.
Univers universel qui nous unit. Sans noise.

Sax, sssssss! It soars, it chatters, it swings,
A hoarse breath, rasping, caressing, taming,
Warm brass, breaking the beat, going off-key,
A cascade of syncopations, the tempo sets us ablaze,
Bodies sway, cross paths, part ways.

Pom, pom! The double bass pounds, deep, entwines,
Grap, grap! The guitar strums, screeches, fades,
Pling, pling! The piano sparkles, cascades, intertwines,
Ta-da, Tram! The trumpet bursts, snaps, golden, bold,
Doo-bap, doo-wap! Bass voice, baritone, velvety and swooning,
Mmmmm! Mezzo shivers, brushes, laughs, into sentences.

The improvisation ventures forth, amplifies, flourishes, crashes,
Then is reborn, relaunches, wavers, goes wild, and reaches ecstasy.

Hey! Harlem roars at the Cotton Club, a groove,
Yala! St Germain sways at the Caveau, it’s on,
Armstrong, Parker, Ellington, Davis… in a jazz band,
they blow, they play, a full-on nocturnal amazement,
They improvise, dance, converse in space,
brush, glide, strike, they surpass themselves…

Silence of words. Bubble, song of sounds. Notes in sync.
The music speaks. Sharing in pure joy.
A universal universe that unites us. Without noise.

Inspiration Jazz

Inspiration Music

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