Afro Blue
I have been working on this for a while. It started as a blank canvas for many weeks and then I decided to go in my art studio and just stare at the canvas until something in my deep thoughts inspired me to paint. As I was standing I was listening to my "deep music" as it is called on the play list on my IPhone. That's when my mind and the music intertwined and I began to paint. I just started telling a story about one of the songs, well actually my favorite song by one of my favorite artists by the name of Lizz Wright and the name of the song was actually Afro Blue. I know that this song has been performed and rewritten by many other jazz artists and it was originally released
on the album Mongo (Fantasy Records - 1959) but there is something about this version that I love so much. I like the mystical sounds of the music as it is matched with the sultry tones of Lizz's voice. She truly is a wonderful and adaptable singer. I love her music.I wanted to put a link to the song with her singing it but I can't find one so I will just put the lyrics along with a link to the instrumental.
Afro Blue
Dream of a land my soul is from
I hear a hand stroke on a drum
Elegant boy
Beautiful girl
Dancing for joy
Delicate whirl
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as a night
Afro blue
Two young lovers dance face to face
With undulating grace
They gently sway
Then slip away
To some secluded place
Whispering trees
Echo their sighs
Passionate pleas
Tender replies
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue
Lovers on flight
Upward they glide
Burst at the height
Slowly subside
And my slumbering fantasy assumes reality
Until it seems it's not a dream
The two are you and me
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue
