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The American Auto Association Alcoholics Anonymous The Letter A, Which Sometimes Brought You Sesame Street

Yeah, but your shit don't make no sense.

Follow the bass line on the record. Merritt delineates the changes quite clearly. It's not a hard tune to solo over in that the changes go off in some wildass direction, or that there's a lot of wierd superimpositions going on, it's just hard in that the form goes on and on and on and on. And on. Very much a linear, "story telling" form as opposed to a cyclical one. But once you get that part down, you'll see that the changes move very logically, and you'll have a blast playing over them.

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A half-step lower than the second one.

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I've been meaning to plug this book here for the last four years... An excellent read, and one that rings truer than many. The story of a young man who wanted to play jazz but ended up getting sidetracked from doing it by the financial lure/needs of going into R&B is one that I've seen happen god knows how many times (and one that I've participated in myself to a certain extent...). What also rings true is Wesley's simultaneous respect and disgust for the various leaders he's worked with over the years (Basie excepted...). This is a very common phenomenon among career sidemen, as they see people with less "talent" but more "charisma" than them go into the spotlight, while they end up playing a crucial but less glamorous role. I've seen reviews of this book that describe it as "bitter". Well, maybe it is. But that doesn't make it any less true. It's truly a "view from the inside" of what it's like to always be somebody else's employee, somebody who you want to think needs you more than you need them, while at the same time realizing that no matter how true that might be, if they weren't who/what they were in the first place, you'd not have a gig. Highly recommended reading.

That would be Ravi O. (Lee) Young.

Kyle Rote Howard Keel John Cale

Metheny's cool and all that, but the reason I still pull this one out is Dewey.

Ed Beach Ed Bradley Ed Wynn

Oh, wait a sec. That was Larry Young, Les' brother. Didn't they have a dance band in the 50s & 60s?

I though it was the organist who made Unity.

I just played Dippin' backwards and kept hearing this weird voice saying "I buried Hank". Is it possible that Hank is dead? Are there clues on any of the other albums? Hmmm.....

John Gacy Steve Lacy Jess Stacy

While you were asking, somebody already did it.

GET IN LINE!

Cry Baby Sissy Boy Nurse Nancy

Wearing nice pants is good solid advice for people of all genders. It's a sign of self-respect, and it helps make for a better world.

I, Robot Ed Roebuck Al Sears

Jay Silverheels David Copperfield Rin Tin-Tin

Crippled Dick Dick Tracy Traci Lords

Lavar Hunt Wayne Marsh Sonny Stitts

Well, I already had the import Routes, so I took your advice & paid the same price for the Naked Breath hard copy package, replete w/the same extras. Lead sheets! The live stuff, although recorded less well than I had hoped for, is indeed SMOKING. Just Monday, Sipiagin (who impresses me more with each hearing - I think I'm in for his upcoming Artist Share project), and a rhythm section (Dave Kikowski kills again!). You might think that the "show" would be the singer, but it's not. The show's the songs, and Monday's more than content to let them, not her vocals, be the focal point. She also has the musical wisdom/integrity/whatever to let the songs be free to go wherever the band sees fit (no doubt with her fullest approval). And the band takes the already-interesting songs into some very interesting places. I'd been toying with playing "Chasing After The Sun" as an instrumental, but it would never have entered my mind to do it the way they do it here. Talk about hip! Again, what a marvelous woman she is to make music like this, and then, to make music like this like this. Talent like this is a blessing to the world.

A man can do that when he's so fat that he don't have to worry about getting kicked in the nuts.