Page 72 - Wake Up and do Your Thing

WAKE UP AND DO YOUR THING
from the trunk and stood holding the albums under one arm with the kind of aristocratic grace that comes from generations of cultural refinement.
“Yes?"
“Hello, I'm Nick."
He looked away and swept his hair back with his free hand. “Thomas.”
"You live here?" My attempt at conversation was met with frost.
“Indeed. But I must away I’m afraid,” he said closing the trunk, placing the records gently on the back seat of the gleaming automobile and sliding into the driver’s seat. "Are you perchance a fan of jazz?" His voice was theatrical and cool.
“Cannonball Adderley type jazz?" I said.
He reached into his jacket pocket and making sure it was the right way up, presented me with a beermat.
“Ah, Brubeck-type jazz.”
“My new endeavor,” he said as the Oldsmobile spluttered alive.
Take Five by Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond was, and still is, the biggest selling jazz single in history. The expression “Take Five” means take a five-minute break before resuming what you were doing.
72