Bebop/Archive/U.S.W.

[Kyburz at asu.edu]

Does all this (below) mean somebody's talking about TRP at MLA?  If so, 
when and where (my program's buried).

bonnie

> On Thu, 21 Nov 1996,
> ENGROSEN at ACS.EKU.EDU (by way of Brett g Porter <ENGROSEN at ACS.EKU.EDU>) wrote:
> 
> [Much cogent and delightful stuph on bebop harmony elided...]
> 
> >This harmonic fork in the road enables  a variety of resolutions of 
> >ii -> V -> I progressions either written into the lead sheet of a song 
> >I've Got Rhythm transformed into:
> >Anthropology
> >Blue's theme
> >Bud's Bubble
> [...]
> >Thriving From A Riff
> >Turnpike
> >Wail.......you get the point.
> 
> There is a GLARING OMISSION in this Rabelaisian congeries, and it
> happens to be MY FAVORITE TUNE based on Rhythm changes.  I refer,
> of course, to the theme song for "The Flinstones."  I hope you will
> remedy this SERIOUS DEFICIENCY if you are planning to use this
> material in your 12/30 MLA talk. :-)
> 
> Damn, all this discussion of jazz (or, rather, Jass -- now there's
> a word with an interesting and not-ready-for-prime-time etymology)
> fills me with nostalgia for the days when 'Prez' was the cognomen
> of a TALENTED pot-smoking tenor saxophonist...
> 
> 
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