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Harvey Lavine: The Goof and I

June 29, 2010

Tenor saxophonist and arranger-composer Al Cohn wrote The Goof and I in late 1946 or early 1947. The title of the bebop melody with I Got Rhythm sensibilities and On Moonlight Bay overtones was named for baritone saxophonist Harvey Lavine [pictured], who Cohn coined “The Goof" for being absentminded. But there were reasons why Lavine was ...