Lyrics Blues For Heard (Alternate Take 4 / Live At The Village Vanguard, New York City, NY / July 29, 1977) - Art Pepper

Thank you very much
On behalf of George Mraz on bass

Mr. Swing, the most beautiful piano player in the world today
Mr. Beautiful, Mr. Beautiful, that's the nickname
That's how we'd start calling it, George
Mr. Beautiful, George Cables

And the most exciting drummer in jazz today
Capped it, just won the critic's poll at
Yeah, all the people that really know what's happening
Won that poll in Japan, which is really one of the biggest polls
He won the poll in Amsterdam, Paris, Rotterdam
Germany, Hungary, Russia, and Lebensraum
The great, great Elvin Jones

We are recording right now, unless you, uh
If you're not aware of it, the tracks out there
All this is going on tape, every bit of it
It'll be four albums out
Live, the geniuses, live
Genius Live At The Vanguard in New York City
The Big Apple, the mad, mad, mad city

The maddest city in the world
I fit right in, and in fact, I'm moving here in September
Me and my wife, by the way, she's got records to sell back there
Good record, good, good, good record
Elvin's on, George Cables's on
Hampton Hawes, Charlie Heaton

See you next set!

Thank you, you don't know the thrill that is, man
That when I'm playing, I never thought that I'd ever be playing anywhere
And to have this happen, it's just so beautiful
I, I can't begin to tell you, man, thank you