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Grant Mbeki

SLOW SLOW

Plays a horn that belonged to a man he never met and feels responsible for it

style

  • afro jazz
  • cape jazz
  • saxophone lead
  • upright bass
  • male baritone
  • smooth and conversational
  • live band
  • sophisticated groove
  • south african accent
  • smooth

the numbers

bpm
123
key
A# major
energy
0.74
dance
0.92
valence
0.42
vocal at
5.5s
length
4:24
language
En

lyrics

(slow, slow)

The club shuts at two and the band plays till three
Nobody asks us to and nobody leaves
You sat at the back for the whole of the second set
And ordered nothing, which is how I knew

Slow, slow (slow)
Play it slow, slow, slow
Give me eight more bars, slow
Slow

Slow slow slow slow
Nobody's counting and the night is ours, slow
Slow slow slow slow
Every good thing that I know is slow

This horn belonged to a man I never met
His widow gave it away to keep it playing
I have thought about her more than is normal
And tonight, for once, I am not thinking of the dead

(solo sax, 8 bars)
Forty years of playing for a ghost.
And a woman at the back who ordered nothing.
I'd like to play for someone breathing. Just once.
(band returns, gently)

Slow slow slow slow
Nobody's counting and the night is ours, slow
Slow slow slow slow
Every good thing that I know is slow

(slow...)