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Are they still wearing zoot suits and stuff?

Well, you got one out of three right. (#3). The bonus question was an opinion-only thing, and that was definitely an opinion you gave! So, you made a 34, + 10 for the bonus. Final score = 44. Close enough. Oh hell, I'll give you #2 as well. I disagree, but that perception is probably why it's not played more. Can't give you #1, though. Weather Report's was the original. So hey, grading with a bit of leftover holiday generosity, that's a 67, plus 10 = 77. Passing in anybody's book. It's official - you're a geek now.

You think it's fascinating now, wait until you've really gotten into it. It'll take over your life like you never dreamed possible. Don't say you weren't warned.

Ok, here's the real test: Whose version of "Birdland" is your favorite? Why do you think more people don't play the middle section of "Chameleon"? Was Sonny just toying w/Trane on "Tenor Madness" or playing for real? Bonus question:Maynard (as bandleader) - Emarcy/Mercury, Roulette. Mainstream, Columbia (discuss by period if necessary). or other? If you pass, welcome. If not, congratulations, geekdom is not yet upon you. Run while you can!

You think those guys actually think in terms of music?

Yeah, but ABBA had good songs. Still, point well taken.

And if so, with what?

Here ya' go, buddy. Take an extra pair, just in case.

Understood.

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Hey, it's a dick in a box. What's not to like? I just hope this doesn't give Lorena Bobbit any fresh ideas...

Exactly.

Well, that group/song/video was from Finland and it was from the early 80s, before everything was so hooked up that its badness would have been immediately apparent, as it would if it were made today. So maybe that's an excuse. But then again...

It's something like this video that makes you appreciate Lawrence Welk...

One wonders...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv39ZnjtG3Y

Longest I've ever had a DG order take is 3.5 weeks. It happens, especially w/the bottom rung shipping options, which I am fond of using.

Didn't we both matriculate there?

Guess I was in the right place at the right time, although then, it seemed anything but. The 64-70 progression from Beatles to Hendirx to Zappa (with R&B playing steadily in the background) made the discovery of jazz at age 14 seem like the next logical step, as did the then presence of the popular "jazz-rock" horm bands. Throw in a school band program led by a club-date player w/a love for the music and a department store that was overflowing w/a seemingly endless supply of dirt-cheap jazz cutouts, and you got what in retrospect seems like destiny, even if it was in on of the most god-forsaken, backass portions on the Newknbighted States of Murrica. So, Danielle, you're 14 now.You've got approximately 10 years to set your course in life before it gets kinda "set" to the point where making meaningful changes starts getting more difficult with each tick of the clock. Don't fuck up, ok?

Exactly.

I was actually thinking that this might be a good time to start the Organissimo Dating Service...

[Many also think I'm crazy for having law degrees and working as a musician... ] Ironically enough, last month I worked two different gigs with two different bassists, both of whom were practicing lawyers. They acted like they didn't need the money...

I think it would've been hipper if Reagan hadn't been so well understood.

Dude, did you know that you're a doctor?