Testo Stagger Lee - Taj Mahal
Testo della canzone Stagger Lee (Taj Mahal), tratta dall'album Giant Step
So there
Fantastic. What is that tune, -sings-?
Close Your Eyes, and I really didn't mean- know
That I was gonna go there. Suddenly I heard
Myself -sings-, I thought, "Well, I can play that"
Yeah, right. That's great, fantastic
But you made me do that, you know
Um, Marion, I would love to play this tune- this old Miles tune
Called "Solar". Uh, there's a- 'cause it brings me to another sort
Of area that I've been dealing with the last few years, sort of a-
On a conceptual level. Loving jazz music like I do, I've always
Tried to sort of turn my friends onto this music. So Bill Evans
Is a perfect example, as much as I love Bill Evans like you do
Most of my layman friends think of Bill Evans as cocktail music
It sounds like cocktail music to them, and you know what? I- I know
What they mean. I understand that, uh, and so I've been trying to
Find a way to play the standard repertoire (Yeah) in a way that
Doesn't have that sound, it has more of- well, actually try to make
It sound more like what I would do with it. So I actually have a-
How about if we do it this way: I'll play the intro and then you-
You set the time and play the tune and I'll come in with you, okay?
Okay
I'll play a little rubato intro (Okay)
And then C minor? Is that okay?
Yep, that's fine
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Writer(s): Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
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