John Nakanshi – Syncopation
$250.00
Initiator Artist: John Nakanshi
Artwork Title: Syncopation
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Medium: Acrylic
Price: $250
Responder Author: John Barry
Writing Title: Syncopation
Size: 11″ x 17″
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Some pundits claim that it’s Bob
who started the rapping job
with his 1965
accents-altering schmooze
’bout “Subterranean” blues.
In their claim they have stated:
It’s untamed, syncopated,
do-re de-/re- regulated;
some syllables mated
with stress; some breath-bated.
But, let’s take a trip back
down the musical drag,
change lanes from rap to rag—
the genre’s king, Scott Joplin,
apostate who assaulted
arranged aural orthodoxy
of the time, mostly in 2/4.
Says The Arts and The City:
ragtime’s syncopation
and rhythmic drive
made it come alive.
Its freshness expressed the
intensity and energy
of urban America.
Filling the rag-rap gap: jazz.
Baker could croon a boozy blues,
“There Will Never Be Another You”…
make phalanxes of fans swoon.
But in some urban
subterranean clubs where he’d begun,
Chet fractured tempo’s syntax
and swung it with his trumpet.
Copyright © 2024 by John A. Barry
