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<font size="+2">Hey Bob,<br>
Best "How Many" joke to date.<br>
Thank you for the chuckle.<br>
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On one occasion I went to Village Vanguard to hear Buddy De
Franco. <br>
I loved many of his recordings. <br>
He was playing in trio with a guitar and Bass.<br>
The style was "free jazz." I left after a few minutes. <br>
It might have been fun for the performers. <br>
<br>
I have to confess: I wrote a suite for brass (trumpets, french
horns, trombones and tubas)<br>
The conductor, a former New York Philharmonic trombonist, had
sessions every Tuesday night.<br>
In the 3rd movement of my suite I had a "free form" section. <br>
No conductor. No score. No key. No time signature.<br>
Little by little each player joined in, playing what ever they
wanted to play.<br>
The effect was like a coda without rhyme or reason. <br>
The conductor could raise his baton at any time and have complete
silence. (an extended fermata) then<br>
Down beat and cues such as "wah wah" trpt., "slide down" for
trmb." <br>
and "dead stop on down beat" for every body. <br>
It worked, The conductor liked it, I liked it, the ensemble
players asked to keep the suite in their repertoire. <br>
I was honored. <br>
<br>
Many years later I sat in with some jazz players I has never met.
<br>
A friend of theirs and mine made the recommendation.<br>
The host told me this was a free form session. My thought "Okay, I
got ears."<br>
I must admit it was fun for a while. After an hour I made an
excuse to leave.<br>
As soon as I was safe and sound in my car I put on a Mozart
symphony.<br>
It was like taking a shower.<br>
<br>
Dixieland content: Have you ever seen a parade on Rampart Street?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="+2">On 10/5/2020 9:07 AM,
Robert Ringwald wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="+2">Q: <font face="Times New Roman"><font
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color="#000000">How many avant
garde jazz musicians does it take to CHANGE a light bulb?
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<div><font size="+2" face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">A:
</font></font><font size="+2" face="Times New Roman"><font
color="#000000"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">None, Screw
the changes</font></font></font></div>
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