Like Dizzy Gillespie’s Cheeks

Like Dizzy Gillespie's Cheeks

By Scott E. Smith

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Copyright 2010 Scott E. Smith

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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"I’ve come close to matching the feeling of that night in 1944 in music, when I first heard Diz and Bird, but I’ve never got there. I’m always looking for it, listening and feeling for it, though, trying to always feel it in and through the music I play everyday."

—Miles Davis

1

The usual routine goes like this: I’ll play the piano in whatever dingy Chicago establishment will have me.

Well, that’s not altogether true. First and foremost, it’s got to have a piano, preferably in tune. Secondly, the establishment must also be willing to allow me to play my piano-jazz stylings. Other than that, I’m not too picky. And as we all know, dingy establishments just want live music. There’s a perceived value in live music, because it’s just that … live.