Sebastian Matthews

‘like a girl saying yes’

is the way Condon
put it

 

hearing Bix’s coronet
for the first time

 

a mellow tone
lofted gently from the bell

 

of the horn
like a girl saying yes

 

or as Louis said
followed (no doubt)

 

by his cackle laugh
“I’m tellin’ you

 

those pretty notes
went right thru me”

 

 


“‘like a girl saying yes'” was first published in Brilliant Corners.