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February 17, 2010

Stairway to Someplace (Heaven, the Stars … Take Yer Pick)

Some­times I think the only things stand­ing between jazz and rock & roll are the key sig­na­tures. If Adolph Sax had designed his horns in E or A instead of Eb or Bb, maybe the major­ity of  revival-ish alto sax and tenor sax­o­phon­ists would be play­ing Zep­pelin instead of Gersh­win — “A Whole Lotta Love” instead of “I Got Rhythm.”

Just a thought.

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