Friday, February 24, 2012

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Alto sax man, Paul Desmond, had an agreement with his quartet leader, Dave Brubeck, that prevented him from what?

2) What was Ben Webster's nickname?

3) What is the best-selling jazz record of all time?

Answers:

1) Brubeck had Desmond agree to not have a piano player on any of Desmond's solo recordings.

2) Famous for having a quick temper and an even quicker punch, Webster was known as "The Brute."

3) Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, which still sells 5,000 copies a week.

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