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JazzRapt

by Jack Foster III

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Parentheses World by Jack Foster III ©2015 Muse-Wrapped In Parentheses World you don't know what is real you can't play it by heart got to play it by feel Gather your nuance hold it warm'n embrace but remember the crowd sees the look on your face So believe what you're playin' and play what you believe In Parentheses World In Parentheses World In Parentheses World nothing's sure but your breath and receiving your bills maybe taxes and death If you're looking for answers hear the clarion call but when you follow that sound you might wind up at the mall So don't believe what you're seeing; you don't know what might deceive In Parentheses World In Parentheses World World's will merge When you find that space That perfect place Of Truth and Grace Fight the urge Don't hide your face To leave a trace Is no disgrace In Parentheses World attitude is the key, if you're not having fun then you're just out to sea So untangle the seaweed find an umbrella drink & remember the world doesn't care what you think Still believe what you're playin' and play what you believe In Parentheses World
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The Shy Ones 05:29
The Shy Ones by Jack Foster III and Melanie Myers ©2003 Muse-Wrapped You heard a voice You moved toward the sound Someone whispered your name Somewhere You look for noise Lonely carries sound With no one to explain ...Why it's there Chorus: If your heart and mind were sisters They both would be the shy ones and when an angel whispers You're afraid to dare the silence Once your heart had wings You could fly then learn to fall But, you don't trust in things That make no sense at all Bridge: Lost is the loneliness you live someone's calling you outside You know that something's got to give Or you'll lose your heart and mind.
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Blue 05:20
Blue (Song For Bobby) by Jack Foster III ©2015 MWR Blue mirror in the sky reflects the way we live hides the reason why Blue treasure in your heart do your part and love the seeds you’re sowing Everyone you know is better for the knowing everyone you touch is always by your side everyone who’s near you brightens up their glowing and your path to follow grows a mile wide Blue the tonic for your soul the color fills a hole giving virtue Blue we spiral through the space the race that makes the race and keeps on growing Blue always falls down from the sky catch the falling star, tuneful jamboree Blue dancing with a tambourine, long and graceful leap tuneful jamboree Blue time to live the masquerade walk along the shore become your own parade You spiral through the space for the race that makes the race and keeps evolving Everyone you’ve loved is better for the loving Everyone you’ve touched is still there by your side everyone who’ve felt you brighten up their glowing and their path to follow grows a mile wide Soon, yeah we’ll get together soon have ourselves some beers listen to some tunes soon, yeah we’ll have ourselves a time relinquish all the fears and get a little high Blue always falls down from the sky catch the falling star, tuneful jamboree Blue dancing with a tambourine, long and graceful leap tuneful jamboree
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There was something in the snake oil and the jaded eyes they sold you, 'cause you feel a lot like tin foil; you bend anyway they fold you. And most of the time you're colored green, Trapped inside their T.V. screen, Going with the flow, until your lover doesn't know you. You believe you're locked up airtight But, your self-control is leaking. You're the only one at war with all the peace of mind you're seeking. You feel you're somewhere in between What you want and what you seem. You know you¹re going nowhere 'cause you've lost your sense of feeling. Chorus: Oh, dreaming then Was so easy when You had Bohemian Soul Believing was being In flesh tone When your maverick spin Was attached to your skin You laughed Bohemian Soul Life's a gypsy, catching dreamers as they tire of the dancing. Pinched between her tapered fingers, victims dangle in her trance. And as she circles through the night plucking souls `till morning light, you borrow your tomorrow's strength while you're a shadow in her hands.
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I constantly die every day of my life But at least I'm safe from pain and consequence I constantly breathe, my heart constantly beats There's a constant refrain from the blood and the heat Cause I live much deeper than death Further from the edge than where I die Further from the edge than where I hurt Further from the edge than where I cry I live, I live further from the edge Cats Got Nine I've got a multiverse Stitch in time For one small universe Cats got nine I'm down to one While I'm living and not living life I am me; here, there, everywhere Nowhere safe from not living life I am free from suffering pestilence I suffer from ignorance and I'm cheating life Cause I'll die much deeper than death Further from the edge than where I run Further from the edge than where I laugh Further from the edge than where I love I'll die, I'll die further from the edge Cats Got Nine I've got a multiverse Stitch in time For one small universe Cats got nine I'm down to one While I'm living and not living life
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Everyday Tears by Jack Foster iii ©2015 Muse-wrapped Records LLC You watch the storm's beauty with glistening eyes that reflect the black stars and rain diamonds of light .... all is right between laughing and crying joy thru the fears life quietly distilled through everyday tears Everyday tears the kind that you live for the kind that can haunt you like the palest of ghosts Everyday tears The life that you give for scattered like sun rays through the clouds on the coast You hear the ghost ocean touch the shells that lie near remnants of memories you put up to your ear .....it's not what you fear cool smoothness against you you smile as you hear sand falls through the spaces 'long with every-day tears Everyday tears the kind that you live for the kind that can haunt you like the palest of ghosts Everyday tears The life that you give for scattered like sun rays through the clouds on the coast Always rainbows to follow Always circles to expand in the storm's eye of beauty hear the music and dance Everyday tears the kind that you live for the kind that can haunt you like the palest of ghosts Everyday tears The life that you give for scattered like sun rays through the clouds on the coast rolling like rain down the cliffs of the coast
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I'm done living in the badlands playing out my last hand listening to whispering walls even when you're not there you're beating me at solitaire and I feel I am done living in the wastelands shaking off my last chance riding barrels towards the falls even though you're still there dancing on the heavy air I feel That one dark angel trapped in shadows one dark angel tied up in tangles one dark angel is you I am done living in a dreamland walking through the quicksand sinking with the stars see, even when you're nowhere I take you with me everywhere and I feel That one dark angel trapped in shadows one dark angel tied up in tangles one dark angel is you Before I kissed one dark angel one dark angel goodbye I never knew how strange felt never knew how change held her hands over my eyes before you ever thought of me I knew you were my love and I presumed you'd fall to me from somewhere up above I never knew that one dark angel trapped in shadows one dark angel tied up in tangles lingers and dangles one dark angel is you one dark angel was you
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Hanging’ Around music and lyrics by Jack Foster III ©2015 Muse-Wrapped What’s the hurry what’s the worry give yourself a chance listen to the band sit right down keep on laughing Life is happening while you’re making other plans watch the children dance lose the frown While the world is spinning slowly Webs are spun much faster that sound Listen up and pay attention you can raise your IQ magic finds you All those juicy details wait to be found You can learn the wildest things just hanging around doesn’t matter what the chatter serve yourself my friend chillin’s not a sin have some wine. (hm?) time’s a-wasting while you’re chasing shadows in the wind there you go again I feel fine Have to be spinning it just to win in it Twisting and turning it just to burn in it Domino break it in Just to take it in lost and found Some that are ziggin’ it should be zaggin’ it Some that are droopin’ it should be wagging it Always down on their knees just a scratchin’ fleas Life abounds Used to be winging it Now she’s bringing it ultimate party tease has ‘em on their knees Flaunting her relevance with some elegance So low down While the world is spinning slowly tales are spun much faster that sound Listen up and pay attention you can smile like I do rainbows find you All that buried treasure waits in the ground You can snatch the brightest gems just hanging around She used to be grooving it Now she’s moving it Used to be saying it Now she’s playing it He used to be shooing her Now he’s doing her when she’s ‘round While the world is spinning slowly tops are spun much faster than sound Listen up and pay attention you can make your break-thru rhythm finds you All those tasty morsels! aromas abound You can catch the wildest things just hanging around
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Ginger Daffodil by Jack Foster III ©2015 MWR All the swingin' dragonflies catch the breeze and glide on by just to hear you sing your lullaby they gather at your window sill for my Ginger Daffodil Vocal concert every day blues to keep the blues away makes the other flowers bloom and sway they never seem to get their fill of my Ginger Daffodil Don't you stop your singing your ballad can hypnotize All the birds are winging over so eager to harmonize Times were tough for unicorns now magic thrives since you were born and angels give you rainbows to adorn you give the meadow such a thrill my Ginger Daffodil
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Guru Too 08:01
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Your Purse 03:13
Your Purse by Jack Foster III ©2015 Muse-wrapped Records I’ll climb the highest hill pay the largest bill satisfy your wildest urges give the biggest thrill But one task is a curse no, nothing could be worse don’t forsake me, please don’t make me hold your purse I’ll do chores, take out the trash throw a gala birthday bash I’ll lemon-ads you, serenade you promise, . . . won’t be brash but one thing skins the cat anything but that please don’t make me hold your purse It ain’t that I ain’t sentimental It isn’t that I haven’t any class I don’t think I’m being temperamental but when I hold that thing I feel like such a . . . (well you know . . .) We can play “I’ve got-chef nose!” You can make me fight your foes I’ll wash your toes and give you roses peel your grapes, or wear your clothes Just one thing I hate to do tho i’d still do it for you Please don’t make me hold your purse But one curse is a task please don’t ever ask Baby . . . don’t make me hold your purse. (It just doesn’t work with the rest of the ensemble . . .)

about

Like all of my albums, JazzRapt is a labor of love. I wanted to make an album that was more jazz-oriented than my past efforts and that could be performed live more easily than past, highly-produced albums. Four songs on the album exist in previous incarnations. In fact, these previous versions, produced by Trent Gardner with Robert Berry are virtual masterpieces -- which made them tough to live up to with the new versions! All I can say is that I'm happy with them, and I'm happy with the great virtuoso performances of all of the featured artists.

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released October 13, 2015

JazzRapt was produced by Robert Berry, co-produced by Jack Foster III
recorded at Soundtek Studios in Campbell, California by Robert Berry
(additional recording at Jack’s home studio)
mastered at Fantasy Records in Berkeley, California by George Horn
All songs published by Muse-Wrapped Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. ©p 2015 Muse-Wrapped Records, LLC. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting are prohibited. Printed in the U.S.A.
artwork: Phil Frank

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