Samstag, 13. Dezember 2008

ZIP's "One o'clock jump" at Andernach

Wieder einmal auf Schienen unterwegs gewesen. Raus aus einem wolkenverhangenen Moseltal in Richtung des Nabels der Republik. In Andernach ging am Rhein langsam die Sonne auf. In meinen Ohren setzte sich ZIP gerade mit dem Swing auseinander („One o'clock jump / What the funk“; Album: "Gettin' x-perimental over u", Verve).

"Swing is the passing of good time. Good time is an instinct: either you have it – or you don't."

"Money don't swing – though what it buys certainly can."

"Monk – Swing!"

"The weak beat swings – 2 and 4."

"Generelizations don't swing."

"White people who call black people funky don't swing."

"If you don't know, what the funk I'm talking about, you probably don't swing."