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Mr. Spaceman - The Byrds

"Bad Boy" - Miami Sound Machine

Popsicle Toes - Michael Franks

The Lady Is A Tramp - Buddy Greco It's dated, but still good, and the way Buddy accompanied himself on the piano is brilliant.

We haven't gigged since COVID, but when we do gig, occasionally someone wants to use a mic. We have an extra mic for them to use. Nobody uses our vocal mics but us. It's not that we're antisocial, it's just they might be coming down with a cold and not even know it. If we pick it up, it could affect our ability to sing on a future gig. Insights and incites by Notes

Jeff, The ***** - Barefoot Man

"The Joker" - Steve Miller Band

I didn't think wearing orthopedic shoes would help, but I stand corrected.

Electricity = Power Some Like It Hot - Power Station

I Thought About You (A Tribute To Chet Baker) - Eliane Elias (full album) Great jazz singer/pianist.

How about the old English sports car tribute band MGB, Gee!

"The Lady Wants To Know" - Michael Franks Smooth jazz before it had a name. I like it OK, although I wouldn't want a steady diet of it. I haven't heard this one in years. A song with lyrics: Daddy's just like Coltrane Baby's just like Miles Can't be all bad

"Shake Your Money Maker" - Elmore James

Rip Hilton Valentine. Here is my favorite cover of the Screaming Jay Hawkins song... I Put A Spell On You - Animals

Halloween Spooks - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross

I'm OK with the Bee Gees, and I'm also OK with silly foolishness.

Un-break my Heart - Toni Braxton (I like this song)

And at least a dozen rock/pop songs 'borrowed' melodies from famous classical composers like Bach, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Gliere and others. A lot of contemporary country music is so rock n roll that I don't call it country anymore, instead I just call it Nashville. Music. A lot of music called jazz today is simply instrumental rock n roll. A lot of rock leans towards jazz. Genres are for people who sell music. The lines between the genres are definitely blurred. But IMO there is no such thing as a jazz chord. Insights and incites by Notes

Sounds like the same song to me as well, and did when my big sister was controlling the radio. "Build Me Up Buttercup" - Foundations

Or the Eee Dees (groan)

Q. What do dentists call their x-rays? A. Tooth pics

What Bruno said ^^^ Those who are arrogant and smug in any genre of music forget that what we are doing is supposed to be fun. We are supposed to be playing, and that's why what we do is called "PLAYing music". When I hire musicians, attitude is more important than technical chops. School can teach you technique, but it can't teach you talent (soul, it factor, or whatever you call what turns the notes into music) There are people who have monster theory chops and consistently come up with jazz that moves the listener's soul. I'm thinking Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith, and Stanley Turrentine to name just a few. It's melody, not just scales and arpeggios. There are others who can play all the right notes over all the right chords and many technically competent but uninspired music. I won't mention any names here, but I have a couple in mind. It's best if you have the soul and the technique, but I'd rather listen to one with the soul and less technique than someone playing a lot of empty notes. And that goes in all genres of music, not only jazz. And what makes jazz is not so much what you are playing when you are improvising, but how you are playing. Insights and incites by Notes

"Flat Broke Love" - BTO