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Ken Johnston's avatar

Love it. Strange how hung up some of us are, myself certainly, with how Buddy Bolden sounded.

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Simon Whiteside's avatar

31. Ted reluctantly gives into the mounting pressure to stand for President of USA. Early polls suggest he will walk it and bring peace to the planet.

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Roy Dufrain Jr's avatar

Your crystal ball may be broken, but it is entertaining! Hard to pick favorites here, but 21 would finally get me on TikTok and 30 is a lovely thought indeed. Happy New Year!

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Wayne Robins's avatar

Nice. But who would have thought Pharaoh Sanders would make many year-end “pop” lists at age 80 with London Symphony Orch. and an electronic musician called Floating Points? Keep the faith, Ted.

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TM in TO's avatar

Much as I'd love to see it, 21 strikes me as the least likely on that list.

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k mcgarry's avatar

26! 26! 26!

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efp's avatar

34. An ageing popular music icon, already with more money than they know what to do with, releases their song catalog into the public domain.

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David Poe's avatar

Yes, please.

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Laurie Antonioli's avatar

Fabulous and may all these dreams come true!

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The Synthphonic Pianist's avatar

As I just did the Grammy ballot tonight, #9 is sadly unfulfilled

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Rod Stroud's avatar

If only a few get over the line...

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Dennis Clason's avatar

17. Jazz musicians will occasionally play a song by a living composer who isn’t a member of the band or more than 80 years old.

I'll confess to not following popular music much since the mid-80s, but I can't think of much since then that I care to listen to, much less play. As Ray Stevens noted in Gitarzan, "He makes A and E and he's working on B."

So, any suggestions about songs written since, oh, 1990 that are worth having the lead sheet?

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