Will Birch

Will Birch, writer and lyricist, drummer and songwriter with the Kursaal Flyers and
The Records, author of No Sleep Till Canvey Island - The Great Pub Rock Revolution
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THE MAN WHO INVENTED JAZZ
 (Birch/Valentino) © Off The Peg Songs/Valentino Music

I should have known better, I should have caught on, one moan from his saxophone and you were up and gone.  I wanna know how he does it, wanna know what he has, the man who invented jazz.

You’re taking the A-train, you’re headed uptown, I’ll bet his little sextet all got your number down.  Could it be his charisma?  Could it be his pizzazz?  The man who invented jazz.

It can’t be his rhythm, he ain’t got no songs, what can you do with him, send him back where he belongs.

You’re humming a new tune, you’re wearing a smile.  One bite of his blues in the night and you would run a mile.  Does he strike up a fanfare with that razzamatazz?  The man who invented jazz.  I wanna know how he does it, wanna know what he has, the man who invented jazz.  The man who invented jazz.

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