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Best of Mr. P.C. 2016
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I'm just an audience member, but I have a question on behalf of a lot of us listeners: If I make a request and the band plays it, do I have to listen to the whole thing? After they play the melody and then go into all the other ...
Easy Swing, Fours and More, Medicinal Jazz
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I just played a gig, and one of the charts said the feel should be “Easy Swing." What does that mean? The bassist thinks he was supposed to play in two, but I think it would have said “In Two" if that was the case. I think he was supposed to ...
Death By Banjo, Playing With Emotion, and Musical Divorce
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I just played a gig with a bad banjo player. I spent a lot of time learning the music, and the gig went fine. My problem is that now I can't get that music out of my head. It's killing me! What am I supposed to do? --Troubled in ...
Background Gigs, Small Fonts, and Incestuous Quotes
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: When we're playing a “background music" gig and the crowd is so loud there's no way they can hear us, and we can't even hear ourselves, does it matter what we play? --Invisible Dan Dear Dan: Jazz is all about responding, in the moment, to ...
Texting on the Bandstand, Practicing, and Playing Each Note as if it's Your Last
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I took my son to see his teacher play sax at a local club. In the middle of a song, on stage, his teacher pulled out a cell phone and started texting someone. What kind of message does that send? --Can't Explain Lackluster Lesson Dear CELL: Probably ...
Audience Requests, Invisible Soloists and Rhythm Changes
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I'm just an audience member, but I have a question on behalf of a lot of us listeners: If I make a request and the band plays it, do I have to listen to the whole thing? After they play the melody and then go into all the other ...
Best of Mr. P.C. 2015
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I was driving on a highway yesterday, and the person in front of me was going way too slow. But I couldn't pass her because there were double lines on the road and lots of curves. So instead I drove right up to her bumper and tailgated her until she drove ...
November 2015
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I played on a recording session not long ago, and took four guitar solos. When they sent me a CD, I discovered that they'd had a trumpet player come in afterwards to play throughout the project--including during my solos! So everywhere I left space in a solo you'd hear the trumpet ...
October 2015
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I used to get all the calls in town when someone needed a bassist. Now I don't get any, and the weird thing is that I've only been getting better. I still practice all the time and can tell I'm improving. So why would I suddenly disappear? I'm not in the ...
September 2015
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: Should it matter whether a jazz musician is or isn't pretty or handsome? --Can't Understand The Etiquette Dear CUTE: No it shouldn't, but unfortunately it does anyway. Jazz has historically been music of the down-trodden, disenfranchised and disfigured, and that's led to tremendous prejudice against ...
