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Blue Trane

August/September Jazz Trivia

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Deepest Blue

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Aug 29 07 10:01 AM

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This west coast alto man played with artists as diverse as Billy May, Max Roach, Claude Thornhill, Chet Baker and Dinah Washington. He's still alive.

Name?

Peace,

Jeff T

St Louis, MO
" Jazz is the music of the freedom of collective improvisation."- Duke Ellington in Music Is My Mistress.

“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
Duke Ellington quote

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.-James Weldon Johnson

"And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African-American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order.'"-Kurt Vonnegut

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Hot Ptah

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Aug 29 07 4:01 PM

Is it Lee Konitz?

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lowell X

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Aug 29 07 5:52 PM

Bud Shank

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Blue Trane

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Aug 31 07 11:09 PM

Good guesses-but no. There's also a Clifford Brown connection.

St Louis, MO
" Jazz is the music of the freedom of collective improvisation."- Duke Ellington in Music Is My Mistress.

“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
Duke Ellington quote

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.-James Weldon Johnson

"And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African-American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order.'"-Kurt Vonnegut

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lowell X

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Aug 31 07 11:58 PM

How 'bout Frank Morgan?

Even though the Moon is smaller than the Earth, it is farther away-- Ernie Kovaks

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Boxcar Shorty

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Deepest Blue

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Sep 1 07 12:35 AM

Herb Geller?

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Blue Trane

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Deepest Blue

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Sep 1 07 11:20 AM

You got it Boxcar Shorty! Your turn....

Peace,

Jeff T

St Louis, MO
" Jazz is the music of the freedom of collective improvisation."- Duke Ellington in Music Is My Mistress.

“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
Duke Ellington quote

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.-James Weldon Johnson

"And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African-American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order.'"-Kurt Vonnegut

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Boxcar Shorty

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Sep 1 07 2:21 PM

OK - a relatively easy one:

Name two pianists who recorded piano duets with Jaki Byard.

There are more than two correct answers.

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Blue Trane

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Sep 2 07 1:42 PM

One is Earl Hines, the other I can't for the life of me remember so I'll guess-Hank Jones?

St Louis, MO
" Jazz is the music of the freedom of collective improvisation."- Duke Ellington in Music Is My Mistress.

“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
Duke Ellington quote

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.-James Weldon Johnson

"And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African-American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order.'"-Kurt Vonnegut

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Selima

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Deepest Blue

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Sep 2 07 11:18 PM

QUOTE (Blue Trane @ Sep 2 2007, 01:42 PM)

One is Earl Hines, the other I can't for the life of me remember so I'll guess-Hank Jones?

Tommy Flanagan, Ran Blake?

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Boxcar Shorty

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Sep 3 07 12:29 AM

You got two of them between you - Earl Hines & Ran Blake. A third pianist who recorded duo with Jaki Byard was Howard Riley.

Selim, you're new here, so why don't you post the next question?

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Selima

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Sep 3 07 10:15 AM

QUOTE (Boxcar Shorty @ Sep 3 2007, 12:29 AM)

Selim, you're new here, so why don't you post the next question?

Allright, here's my question:

Which musician was nicknamed "the 20th Century Gabriel" ?

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Blue Trane

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Sep 3 07 3:49 PM

Shorty Baker? from St Louis-"once aka The City of Gabriels" .

St Louis, MO
" Jazz is the music of the freedom of collective improvisation."- Duke Ellington in Music Is My Mistress.

“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
Duke Ellington quote

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.-James Weldon Johnson

"And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African-American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order.'"-Kurt Vonnegut

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Selima

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Sep 4 07 3:02 PM

It isn't Shorty Baker

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Boxcar Shorty

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Sep 4 07 3:06 PM

The obvious (and truest) answer would be Louis Armstrong, but maybe that's too obvious.

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Selima

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Sep 4 07 3:15 PM

QUOTE (Boxcar Shorty @ Sep 4 2007, 03:06 PM)

The obvious (and truest) answer would be Louis Armstrong, but maybe that's too obvious.

Satchmo had another nickname

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Selima

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Deepest Blue

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Sep 12 07 10:00 PM

This talented high-note trumpeter was also a popular bandleader (born 1914)

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bopper

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Sep 13 07 4:21 AM

I think that would be Erskine Hawkins....

Enderby, B.C., Canada

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Selima

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Deepest Blue

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Sep 13 07 8:17 AM

QUOTE (bopper @ Sep 13 2007, 04:21 AM)

I think that would be Erskine Hawkins....

bopper, you got it.

It's your turn...

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bopper

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Sep 13 07 8:03 PM

Born in Louisville in 1909, he played drums with Les Hite's band, and gained fame with one of the great swing bands, and later led his own bands. He appeared in the move 'Pennies from Heaven' as the drummer with Louis Armstrong. Who was he??????

Enderby, B.C., Canada

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Sherman

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Sep 13 07 8:20 PM

QUOTE (bopper @ Sep 13 2007, 04:03 PM)

Born in Louisville in 1909, he played drums with Les Hite's band, and gained fame with one of the great swing bands, and later led his own bands. He appeared in the move 'Pennies from Heaven' as the drummer with Louis Armstrong. Who was he??????

Now that�s a very tricky question there bopper, cause the cat is better known for his work on the Vibes, of course were talking about Lionel Hampton here, right?

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