[Dixielandjazz] The Mysterious B Flat - From NPR

[Russ Guarino]

The key of Bb means that we Bb players play in "C" and that is a good thing.
That's all I know about it.

Some people say my playing sounds like it comes from a black hole, but I attribute
this comment to envy.

Russ Guarino

David Richoux wrote:

> Several people have posted or forwarded the story, or links to the
> story about "Bb"  alligators, black holes, NPR, and etc. seemingly
> without noticing that many other people have also posted this very
> same thread to DJML.
>
> I do like Bb a lot - I have heard that Willie Nelson calls it "the
> peoples key" but is "Bb" having some strange effect on our reading of
> subjects in e-mail?
>
> anyway, maybe there is another one of those time-warps going on for
> this list - it has happened before!
>
> Dave Richoux
>
> On Feb 21, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Steve Barbone wrote:
>
> > Note that Alligators hate Bb, etc. And that the Bb emanating from
> > the black
> > hole in the Perseus cluster does not come from  the black hole
> > itself, but
> > from the gasses surrounding the hole.
> >
>
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