On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:20:00 -0400 "Robert Newman" <bobngaye at surewest.net> writes: <snip> > The instruments were not played orally. What did they do, stick them in their ears, so they were played aurally? Hence the expression, "Blow it out your ear."? Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Web master for http://www.timesunion.com/communities/jazz