james gieger - cab driver, jazz lovah

you know this jazz musician larry willis? i had him in my cab once. he had a CD coming out and i didn't even know about it. he didn't mention it. and then i heard about it, i said larry willis? is that the guy i had in my cab? yeah, i went out and bought it. then one time i had this couple in my car. it was loud back there, i could tell they were bickering about something, fighting about something, and i just tune them out and listen to the music up here, and then this larry willis song came on, it's called The Day You Left. i said man i hope they quiet down because i really wanted to listen to it. we were crossing the brooklyn bridge, and all of a sudden the cab is totally silent. i look back there. they were lost, man, i said, wah, it's too much that song, it's just too much. you know wynton marsalis? i had him in my cab. i have his office number. i can see wynton marsalis play any time i want. but that song, man, i don't know what he was thinking about when he wrote it. maybe it was about the day someone he loved left him.