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RIP I'm not familiar with her, any recommendations of her recordings?

Nice of you to do that for him. Of course, as they say, "no good deed goes unpunished". Although having a surplus of Mosaic sets is hardly punishment.

I saw the first episode of the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm last weekend and have to say it continues to be dark and funny. I also am a fan of Weeds, but I don't have HBO so I've been getting both shows on DVD.

Yikes! Hope he's OK.

I've gradually gotten drawn in to the show over time- I love the "period" aspect, an interesting presentation of culture/attitudes/fashion/design of that time. I liked Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet in West Wing and I find her MM character Peggy Olson very entertaining. Some really interesting and striking characters in this show- it's fun to see Robert Morse (from "How to Succeed in Business...") again, haven't seen him for years. I can understand where not everyone would like the show, but I find it quite entertaining and I'm a fan.

10 more posts! Go Allen!

Don't be a hater, Glenn!

Is that another John Phillips reference? Welcome back, MG!

Hey man, it's no diss at all! If you read my first post I said I'm not really a fan of Trane tunes that are ONLY about the matrix- I think of those cycles as a MEANS to an end, not the end itself. I think Giant Steps et al were exercises to him, ideas/concepts that led him elsewhere. As I said, as far as I'm aware he never did much with those tunes after recording them, but he did assimilate the harmonic aspects into his advancing vocabulary. So I'm essentially agreeing with you, Joel! No ass-kicking from me! (waiting for Sangrey to weigh in on this........ )

I've heard that terminology used by Jerry Coker in his Hearin' the Changes book. His M.W. bridge is the one that goes to the IV and S.R. is the typical dominant chord cycle of I Got Rhythm. He uses those terms to indicate how common those two variations are. Of course, both MW and SR are disappearing from popular culture, so the reference is probably lost on younger people. I use that book for my jazz ear training class, I like it a lot.

I think you meant Giant Steps there. I like that What Is This Thing bridge- that's pretty much the same as Trane's Fifth House bridge, right? You can also use the Countdown sequence on the A sections of that tune: lG-7 Ab7 l Db E7 l A C7 l F- / / / l D-7 Eb7 l Ab B7 l E G7 l C / / / l EDIT: Are those also the changes Trane uses/implies for Fifth House "A" sections? I've got to check that out. Here's my rhythm changes progression: l F Ab7 l Db E7 l A / / / l G-7 C7 l C-7 F7 l Bb Db7 l Gb / / / l G-7 C7l l F Ab7 l Db E7 l A / / / l G-7 C7 l C-7 F7 l Bb Db7 l Gb C7l F / / / l l C-7 / / / l F7 / / / l Bb / / / l Ab-7 Db7 l Gb / / / l E-7 A7 l D / / / l G-7 C7l l F Ab7 l Db E7 l A / / / l G-7 C7 l C-7 F7 l Bb Db7 l Gb C7l F / / / l I based my bridge on the rhythm changes bridge that goes to the IV chord.

I put my sleeve in water the other day, by accident.

Thanks for posting that, Tom! An AABA tune using the Giant Steps form for the "A" sections of the blowing changes, very nice.

Bill Holman?

I wrote a rhythm changes tune this week (by coincidence on Trane's birthday!) using the Giant Steps chord sequence in a few spots. Have to say it turned out pretty nice, I'm looking forward to playing it w/the jazz faculty group. I wanted to write a tune that contained some of the Trane changes but still kept the essence of a "rhythm changes" progression. I like the idea of using the Trane changes as PART of the tune as opposed to ALL of the tune. I tend to like Trane tunes like Moment's Notice and Lazybird more than Giant Steps and Countdown. I've heard some impressive performances of the latter two (by others as well as Trane), but the tunes themselves still seem like basically "modulation exercises" to me and I've never really connected with them musically. Did Trane ever play Giant Steps and/or Countdown again after recording them? I'm not aware of a rhythm changes-type tune that uses the Giant Steps or Countdown sequences. Anyone come across one? I'm sure there have got to be some out there......maybe someone like Dave Liebman wrote one. Trane's 26-2 is a variation of Confirmation (AABA) and Satellite is a variation of How High the Moon (ABAB). Both are 32 bar tunes but neither is considered a "rhythm changes" tune. The bridge of Have You Met Miss Jones? contains probably the best known example of that major third modulation and some say that it might have influenced Trane's explorations- I don't know if that's actually true or not. HYMMJ is a very hip tune considering it was written in the mid 1930s. It's fun to play around with those chords. Modulation by major thirds is a very interesting sound, but it's really hard to do something with it that doesn't sound totally Trane-esque.

How's everyone doing? Once I felt like I was over it, it took another week to get rid of the cough. That was a nasty little bug. Lots of students getting the flu at school. I don't think I've yet had a big band rehearsal with everyone there.

I suffer from kleptomania- when it gets to me I take something for it.

The Office I've become a fan.

Robert Loggia's also in a current Mac ad.

Trane & Brother Ray sharing a birthday! How about THAT! :party:

It still is as far as I'm concerned! Happy Birthday Trane!

Ferris also recorded with Billy Cobham on 'Shabazz'. He also played on several Don Ellis recordings.

Although you have to be able to spell it before you're allowed to play it.

Flying is already an uncomfortable and unpleasant experience. I don't think this would be much worse.