Another inspiring gem from my favorite poet, classmate Alan Yount, compliments of www.jerryjazzmusician.com ENJOY and thank you Alan for making KHS65 look so good! The visual of your lips bleeding is strong, I imagine I'll think of this as I am exercising and it's getting difficult, and I'll have the umph to carry on!
A Trumpet Break Through: Which Can Happen With Any Horn Or Ax
…………………………………….For: Dominic and Aurora Lewis
it’s tough
in jazz
to play better
as in doing
anything else better.
*****
while in high school
(my lips bled red
several times
on the silver of the mouthpiece),
just trying to reach
high notes on the trumpet.
*****
so, sometimes … when practicing
more & more & more
nothing inches forward …
*****
then one day, you hear
stay with it! stay with it!
it’s that great gnarly
sweat of jazz … when you discover
a certain sound
and know there’s a magic in this.
*****
if you once
play into a“break through”
you will never
stop practicing,
and believing in yourself:
to play better
for ever.
.
by Alan Yount
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