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nylenny



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:34 pm    Post subject: Jazz Trivia Reply with quote

I thought it would be cool to have a jazz trivia string.

Here's one: what does OGD stand for? It's a title sometimes given to Wes' Road Song.

Drumroll, please.... the answer is "Organ Drums and Guitar."
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Larry_DC



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK - so what is a Bloomdido anyway? And is it pronounced bloom-de-DOO or bloom-DEE-doe?
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nylenny



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it named after his manager, Teddy Blume?

Which jazz musician won a Pulitzer Prize?
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Larry_DC



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wynton Marsalis?
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kbgtr001



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Larry_DC wrote:
Wynton Marsalis?


Larry,

"...In 1965, the jury voted to give the prize to Duke Ellington,
but the Pulitzer Board refused to accept the ruling and chose to give no award that year..."

The Pulitzer Prize for Music;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Music

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nylenny



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you guys know how the tune "Mr. P.C." got its name?
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Brad Kinder



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lenny, is it Paul Chambers?

Larry, I believe it's bloom-DEE-doe.
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nylenny



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brad, That's correct -- it was dedicated to Paul Chambers. BTW, there's a feature on Paul Chambers in this month's Bass Player magazine.
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nylenny



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, here's one: What famous jazz pianist had his singing career squashed because he sounded too much like Nat King Cole?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nylenny wrote:
Ok, here's one: What famous jazz pianist had his singing career squashed because he sounded too much like Nat King Cole?


Oscar Peterson?

In 1953, Nat King Cole said to Peterson, "I'll make a deal with you, Oscar. You don't sing and I won't play the piano." Peterson had just recorded his first album of vocals, accompanying himself on the piano. His voice sounded remarkably like Cole's and his piano style had also evolved so that it sounded close to Cole's work with Cole's own trio. The two jazz musicians agreed, and Oscar Peterson gave up singing, while Nat King Cole recorded piano-less vocals backed by huge orchestras.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow! That was great. Nice work, Gorecki.
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Larry_DC



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OP sang all but one track on his album "With Respect to Nat," which was released in 1965. When I first heard it I thought it was Nat himself.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And who sang with Nat on an album posthumously?

Who were Oscar's biggest influences?
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kbgtr001



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nyLenny wrote:
Who were Oscar's biggest influences?


Art Tatum had big influence on Oscar Peterson.

There is some discussion about Tatum in the forum;

http://visionmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=214

Also, some links to "Lessons in Art Tatum piano techniques" in the thread.

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Dean



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="nylenny"]And who sang with Nat on an album posthumously?

His dauther.. I think????
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