Abbey Lincoln, Learnig how to listen 2007

 

La magia expresiva de la voz de la gran Abbey Lincoln en ese extraordinario disco, Abbey sings Abbey, publicado en 2007 con arreglos de Gil Goldstein. Escuchamos esa canción poema, "Learning how to listen". La acompañaban la guitarra de Larry Campbell, el bajo de Scott Colley y la batería de Shawn Pelton. ¡Disfrútalo!

Abbey Lincoln - Learning How to Listen lyrics

Life is like a song to sing

 with measured beats and phrases 

With bended notes and some repeats

 music through the ages

 that brings the highs, the lows, the swells 

sometimes it's for an ending 

bringing other songs to sing 

ascending, descending Learning how to listen

how to hear a melody 

how to hear the song I'm singing 

how to feel and let it be 

and listen to the song 

knowing how it goes 

and listen for the melody that flows Music is a lover

with shiny golden wings 

that whispers in the lovers' ears 

and dances when it sings and sings 

in variations on an everlasting theme

it's either love or sorrow on the scene I'm learning how to listen

for the songs I name and sign, 

and claim as a possession, 

and say that they are mine. 

'Cause every body knows

that songs come from out of the blue, 

and I'm learning how to hear 

[the changes too. I'm learning how to listen 

to the rhythm of the night. 

How to keep it simple, 

how to make it sweet and light.

Smooth and free and easy 

or slammin' in a jam 

and know for just a moment 

the music that I am. 

I'm learning how to listen, 

how to holler, sing the blues. 

I'm learning how to rise above 

and wear somebody's shoes. 

Learning how to listen 

for the song was given me. 

I'm learning how to listen and be free. 

I'm learning how to listen, 

how to hear a melody 

how to hear the song I'm singing 

how to feel and let it be, 

and listen to the song 

knowing how it goes 

and listen for the melody that flows 

and listen for the melody that flows.