Summertime

Summertime

The beat on the street
rhymes, back in time
to the glory days of
boogie woogie

Where you couldn't hide
the feeling of stride
and each song made you jive
cheering along being alive
and it all seemed to ring
as people would sing
tap tap tapping away
to the hum of the drum
the yack of the sax
the chiming cheering of the piano

The beat on the street
rhymes, back in time
to the days of eternal sunshine:
summertime.

The Laszlo Gardony Sextet at the Cambridge Jazz Festival

Listen to Laszlo Gardony playing, "Bourbon Street Boogie":

Inspired by the Laszlo Gardony sextet at the Cambridge Jazz Festival July 26.