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No Super Bowl chat tonight? It was an exciting finish. Giants deny Pats once again. My favorite moment was the guy trying to NOT score that last Giants touchdown. Kind of just sat down. Madonna's halftime show? Not so much for me.

Good to see the ex isn't bitter at all.

I just bought these along with a Fiio E6 headphone amp. Fantastic!

How to you notate "tremolo" for a viola? Write a whole note and put "solo" over it.

I'm trying to play by the rules. If I have to pick just one, Miles fortunately comes with an impressive supporting cast. Of course, I don't like to leave out all the great players I love, and I hope I never actually have to live by this decision. Life without Blakey, Rosolino and the rest would indeed be a bit dull. It was between Miles and Duke for me, BTW.

Miles.

Some people are so picky about their sevenths.

I always loved that his forged notes were signed "Epstein's Mother".

Based on the little bit I've learned about the way Evans worked that's a good assumption. Harmonic signposts not necessarily meant to be played as wrote. He never really rehearsed his groups, so a brief explanation or impromptu "chart" to convey the general plan for a recording, with plenty of room for improvision within that context, was probably more often that not all he ever offered up. Perhaps skeith could be more specific in what he means by "more complicated"? There is not much harmonic substitution that I can hear in the versions of the tune I am familiar with. However, there are a lot of extensions in the changes Evans is comping, which is standard practice among piano players after the late 1950s. If by "more complicated" you mean that you are hearing 9ths and so forth where none are notated, you may want to find a jazz theory book to familiarize yourself with typical chord/scale theory and notation. Right, I was referring to the fact that other transcriptions have chords with more extension like 9ths,11ths, 13ths, augmented chords and the like which is not really how Evans wrote out the changes above. Yeah, it's common practice to write out chord progressions without all the harmonic detail (which is usually left to the performer to choose). I often will just write "D7" and let the player choose what extensions to add. If I want something very specific I'll write a more detailed chord symbol, like "D9(#11)", etc. I think the goal is to allow more interpretive freedom and avoid restricting the player with too much specific information. I'd forgotten about the slash-through-the-7 style of writing chord symbols. That was confirmed by looking at the other "lead sheet" (from the Riverside booklet) on Time Remembered. I'm more familiar with that tune and clearly saw use of the major seven slash. Good catch Glenn!

Sad news. I've long been a fan and have enjoyed so much of the music he's created. And I love Pensativa, even though it still kicks my ass. RIP

So it appears the Super Bowl will be Harbaugh-free.

Oh man, what a tough loss for the Ravens. OK, bring on SF/NY!

You mean THIS Clarence Beeks?

Ample Booby. I'm a fan.

You'll probably need to do some capitalizing, unless you're planning on doing an e.e. cummings thing.

What he said! And again in 2012 my friend!

HBHB!

H/B/7/4 !

I was just watching Jeopardy and saw these two categories next to one another: 'Round Midnight and Felonious Monks.

The SEC appears to own it this year.

I'm surprised they overturned the call. Tough loss for VT, it reminded me of the Stanford/OSU game.

Time to huddle with the missus. That couldn't be a bad thing. EDIT: BTW, there's a Viagra ad at the bottom of the page.Just sayin'.

Other than Michigan State, the Big 10 is getting its collective ass kicked this bowl season. And currently Michigan's not looking too strong. EDIT: Although currently it looks like Big Blue has things in hand. EDIT #2: Never mind. Game tied in the fourth quarter!

Love their beef.

When I joined Woody Herman in '84 we went to Europe with extra guests Zoot Sims, Sal Nistico, Bill Perkins and Billy Mitchell (Mitchell's not associated with Woody's band as much as the others- IIRC he was a last minute replacement for another player). That was a great trip, getting to meet and hear those guys. I gained a greater appreciation of all those players after that, especially Zoot. Love Billy on The Magnificent Thad Jones.