Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Jimmy G


my mom plays the clarinet, played it in the Marine Band
I played it in the sixth grade, still play it
heard some Jimmy Giuffre, beautiful tone, folkblues feel
he went to North Texas State Teacher's college
I went to UNT, the new name of the same school
had a roommate who played lots of clarinet, & very well
wound up in the Coast Guard (I did)
played clarinet in the recruit band, it was a nice haven
was thinking about Jimmy
always dug his drummerless trios
had one of those for awhile myself too
his group once made $0.35 total for a gig
he knew the blues, kept on playing

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