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SATCHMO by YEVGENY ALEXANDROVICH YEVTUSHENKO

First Line: GREAT SATCHMO PLAYS ALL BATHED IN SWEAT
Last Line: TO THE BETTER PLAYER, %TO LOUIS!
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - SONG AND MUSIC; ARMSTRONG, LOUIS (1900-1971); JAZZ; MUSIC AND MUSICIANS;

Poem Sources:

THE SECOND SET; THE JAZZ POETRY ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME 2.
  FEINSTEIN, SASCHA, & KOMUNYAKAA, YUSEF (EDS.)
  (1996)
 



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