Singing Drummers & Jazz Flute

It's time to answer more of your musical questions, with topics including singing drummers, Elvis Costello harmonies, how to find a music teacher, unusual odd-meter counting, similar-sounding songs, and Anchorman's jazz flute scene.

FEATURED/DISCUSSED:

“Heart Don’t Stand a Chance” by Anderson .Paak from Malibu, 2016
“You & I” by Jamison Ross from Jamo, 2022
"Take The TIme" by Josh Dion Band from Live!, 2006
"Sunshine, I Can Fly" by Roul Midón live in NYC, 2013
“Seventeen” by Lake Street Dive from Bad Self Portraits, 2014
“Veronica” by Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney from Spike, 1989
The Flute Scene From Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
“Law of Attraction” by Katisse Buckingham
“A Felicidade” by Antonio Carlos Jobim, performed by Astrud Gilberto on Look To the Rainbow, 1966
"Randy Described Eternity" by Built to Spill from Perfect from Now On, 1997
"Belt" by Say Anything from Is a Real Boy, 2004
“Going On” by Gnarls Barkley from The Odd Couple, 2008
“Cold War” by Janelle Monáe from The Archandroid, 2010

8/10/22 Update: Fixed a couple of small mistakes and added a mention of the subject matter of "Veronica"

OUTRO SOLOIST: Tim Howes

Tim Howes is a doctor and saxophonist based in Bristol, UK. He started on sax at age 10, playing Beatles and Stones covers in a school band, then became obsessed with jazz theory as a teenager, tracing how jazz harmony flows through other musical styles. Sax playing eventually took a backseat to studying and practicing medicine, but he has passed his love of music on to his kids. (And he still sounds pretty great, in my opinion! ~K)

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OCTOBER 2022 WHOLE-NOTE PATRONS

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