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Inspired by the cutting edge advice of Abigail Van Buren, the storied bass playing of Paul Chambers, and the need for a Politically Correct doctrine for navigating the minefields of jazz etiquette, I humbly offer my services.
Melisma, AI, and the Bivalve Mollusk
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2025-06-13
Handpicking, Homicide, and Healing
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2025-05-06
Hold Music, Chord Changes, and Undisclosed Recipients
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2025-02-03
Let's Give the Singer Some!
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2024-12-04
Excessive Chops, Antagonistic CDs, and the Malevolent Inner...
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2024-10-09
Playing Bad for Good, On Being Yourself, Communal Coating
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2024-07-19
Who's Gotta Right to Sing the Blues?, The Cost of Living is...
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2024-05-30
Last Notes, List Notes, Lost Dollars
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-12-20
Fluid Start Times, Desert Island Recordings, and Personal Growth
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-10-27
French Scat, Nothing Personal, Casual Claustrophobia
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-07-17
Hitting Things
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-04-18
The Sound of a Puckered Butt, Nice Guys Finish Last, and The...
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-02-28
It's About Time
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-12-07
Vote P.C.!
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-11-07
CD Phobia, Italian Sunrise and The Dating Game
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-10-11
Strange Guitarists, Entitled Musicians and Fictional Managers
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-07-05
The Lick, The Uniform, and All That Jazz
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-05-04
A Marvelous Night, Self-ish
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-03-09
Food, Guts, Pop
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-01-26
Antisocial Media, The Lick, The Scuffle Shuffle
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-11-25
Saxophone Solos, Trumpet Wars, Clichéd Endings
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-10-05
Accompanying 101, For Your Consideration, Bandstand Violence
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-08-01
Plight at the End of the Tunnel
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-05-30
Going Viral
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-05-03
The Four-Letter Word, Chatty Clubowner, Knobby Guitarist
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-03-19
Elusive Spontaneity, Mooed Indigo
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-02-24
Cursing, Gambling, Drinking and Smoking
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-01-21
Best of 2020
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-12-25
Inside Out
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-12-11
Talking While Playing, Sub Division, and Translating Scat
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-11-03
Bits and Bytes
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-10-15
Do the Math
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-08-24
Count-Off, Off of My Cloud, Going Off
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-06-25
Cattle Calls, Tuning Wrenchers and the American Dream
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-06-04
Sneezing, Spouses and Singers
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-04-29
Disgruntled Masters
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-03-21
Bits and Bytes
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-01-27
Faking Bad
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-12-21
Ba-dum-tss!
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-09-02
Sucking While Blowing, Door Gig Blues
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-06-13
Drum and Drummer 2
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-03-31
Old Folks, Countdown
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-01-18
Provocalists
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-12-21
Going Solo
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-10-01
Sitting In It, Low Blow, Always a Bridesmaid
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-07-20
On the Download; Presto, the Audience Disappears!; Showboaters...
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-04-13
Rushing Collusion, Bits and P.C.s, Ave Maracas
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-02-08Read more articles by Mr. P.C.
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Bits and PCs, The Cosmic Loop, Fake Gigs
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-08-09
Practice Makes Imperfect, The Pursuit of Nothingness, Challenging the Originalists
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-10-26
Rushing Collusion, Bits and P.C.s, Ave Maracas
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-02-08
On the Download; Presto, the Audience Disappears!; Showboaters Get the Clap
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-04-13
Booze in the Night, CD or Not CD?, and Malodorous Microphone
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-05-03
Background Gigs, Small Fonts, and Incestuous Quotes
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-07-22
Solving the Audience Equation, The Fix is On, and It's a Setup!
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-03-24
Sitting In It, Low Blow, Always a Bridesmaid
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-07-20
Easy Swing, Fours and More, Medicinal Jazz
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-12-01
Death By Banjo, Playing With Emotion, and Musical Divorce
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-10-27
Texting on the Bandstand, Practicing, and Playing Each Note as if it's Your Last
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-05-25
Sucking While Blowing, Door Gig Blues
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-06-13
Audience Requests, Invisible Soloists and Rhythm Changes
Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-03-10
