Music Cartoons

(Jazz Groups to Avoid.The Modern Saw Quartette, Jazz Fusion Group: Return to Whatever, The Balloon Jazz Orchestra)

"This piece comes with accidentals already in it? You mean I don't produce enough on my own?"

"Okay, did you feel that rhythm on the way down? That's the syncopation I'm looking for."

"You still sound a little flat."

"Okay, We're approaching some swimmers. Start playing the notes, E and F in the lower register. Slow at first, gradually picking up tempo."

"Sheldon, I'm leaving you. I'm moving in with your best friend and I'm taking the furniture, the car and the dog. Maybe this will help you finally learn all those minor chords on your guitar."

"Well, that's the last time we hire a high soprano to sing at the glassblower's convention."

(The Early Years Of Elevator Jazz)

"This organ has a number of stops in it." "That's okay, so does my playing."

(Memorable Jam sessions: The night Charlie Parker asked Spike Jones to sit in on Ah-Ooogah horn.)