One minute and twenty-six seconds into a blues called “Bu Bop Bass†on his new CD, Cityscape, the tenor saxophonist David “Fathead†Newman begins his solo with a phrase that consists of two quarter-note Fs, a quarter-note A and a half-note A—an interval of a major third in the key of F … [Read more...]
Archives for March 16, 2006
Where Did THAT Come From?
Speak low, if you speak love —William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, 1599 Speak low, when you speak love—Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill, “Speak Low,†One Touch of Venus, 1943 … [Read more...]