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[Free For All]

I believe that there was a similar thread before, but after a cursory and half-assed search I decided WTF, start a new one.

OK, here's something I discovered recently. You might know the name Gary Anderson- he was a member of Woody's band in the seventies (tenor player and writer). He did several arrangements for the band, including the infamous "Common Man" chart plus a great arrangement of Freddie's tune "Crisis"and other tunes including "Blue Serge".

Turns out our friend Gary also was responsible for none other than the Itchy and Scratchy theme on the Simpsons. He also performed it- what we hear on the show is a demo he made that ended up being used. Not a jazz "moment", but interesting nonetheless IMHO. Gary Anderson is an excellent writer, but you can guess what among his ouvre the kids find more impressive.

So you can't say I didn't learn anything new during this summer of jazz camp teaching. The other thing I continue to notice is that young players have a special affinity for the major seventh and fourth on dominant chords. We're not talking passing tones, we're talking PARKING on those note choices and waiting to get towed. God bless 'em. I hear Arby's is hiring.

[Jim Alfredson]

So you can't say I didn't learn anything new during this summer of jazz camp teaching. The other thing I continue to notice is that young players have a special affinity for the major seventh and fourth on dominant chords. We're not talking passing tones, we're talking PARKING on those note choices and waiting to get towed. God bless 'em. I hear Arby's is hiring.

Man, that's the new thang, bro. It's what's hip. Get with it.

[Free For All]

Man, that's the new thang, bro.  It's what's hip.  Get with it.

Yeah, I need to catch up with what the kids are "into".

I'm still trying to learn how to swing the eighths on fast tempos and play the Bb blues scale over the bridge of rhythm changes*.

Edit:

*(and not necessarily rhythm changes in Bb, as if that mattered )

Edited August 9, 2004 by Free For All

[JSngry]

Man, it's that new Sub-Aquandial mode that Public Enemy found back in '87.

Next to be fashinable is the Listerinian half-ho' tonal in retrograde/bellgrade.. Those Linda McCartney board tapes need just a LITTLE bit more circulation first.

But you heard it here first, ok?