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🔈 🎶 Brian Jackson, Masters At Work - Is That Jazz Feat. Rahsaan Patterson
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Brian Jackson
Brian Jackson
Piano
Masters At Work
Masters At Work
Performer
Rahsaan Patterson
Rahsaan Patterson
Lead Vocals
Lisa Fischer
Lisa Fischer
Background Vocals
Cindy Mizelle
Cindy Mizelle
Background Vocals
John Benitez
John Benitez
Double Bass
Axel Tosca
Axel Tosca
Organ
Ivan Renta
Ivan Renta
Tenor Saxophone
Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Trumpet
Sherrod Barnes
Sherrod Barnes
Electric Guitar
B. Brice
B. Brice
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Masters At Work
Masters At Work
Producer

Lyrics

Basie was never really commonplace, he
was always measures ahead
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
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?
Miles had a style that amazes and raises
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 in all that it says
What it has will surely last, but is that jazz?
We overanalyze, 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?
Dizzy's been busy while Grover gets over
with notes that go straight to the heart
Brother Ron gets it on with a bass line so strong
the sound seems to glow in the dark
I take pride and what's mine - is that really a crime
when you know I ain't got nothing else? 
Only millions of sounds pick me up when I'm down -
let me salvage a piece of myself.
What it has will surely last but is that jazz?
Honey, you know it will really last you know
You know it, surely you know
what it has will surely last, but is that
 jazz?
Is that jazz?
Written by: Gil Scott-Heron

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