# Jazz Connections Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611 "2003-08-25T22:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/1 "2003-08-25T22:08:26Z")
Fairly simple rules: From the musician in the previous post, you must establish a connection to another musician, not previously mentioned in the thread, by way of one of these routes: 1. plays the same instrument (specify instrument) 2. has performed the same tune on another recording (specify tune and recording) 3. has recorded in the same combo or band (specify recording and identify band or combo) 4. was born in the same state (specify state) No Repeated Names of Musicians or Tunes Repeats acceptable for Bands, Combos, States, Instruments, Recordings Player #1 – Pat Metheny, guitar, Missouri ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/2 "2003-08-25T22:41:18Z")
Player #2 - Gary Burton, vibraharp, Indiana (Pat Metheny played in Gary Burton Quartet) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/3 "2003-08-25T22:45:40Z")
Player #3: Astor Piazzolla, accordian, recorded album “The New Tango” with Gary Burton. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/4 "2003-08-26T00:17:03Z")
Player #4 - Art Van Damme, accordian ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/5 "2003-08-26T01:21:40Z")
Well, you’ve steered this into barely navigable waters already, **Zeldar** 😃 I will try to correct the course thusly: Art Van Damme played “These Foolish Things” on _Once Over Lightly_ (1957). Lester Young played “These Foolish Things” on _Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio_ (1952). So there we have it: Lester Young / tenor sax / Oscar Peterson / piano / “These Foolish Things”. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/6 "2003-08-26T01:37:02Z")
Player #5 - Lionel Hampton, performed _The Lady is a Tramp_ on **Sentimental Journey** Art Van Damme did it on **Once Over Lightlly** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/7 "2003-08-26T01:42:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by masonite \* > \*\*Well, you’ve steered this into barely navigable waters already, **Zeldar** 😃 > > I will try to correct the course thusly: > > Art Van Damme played “These Foolish Things” on _Once Over Lightly_ (1957). Lester Young played “These Foolish Things” on _Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio_ (1952). > > So there we have it: Lester Young / tenor sax / Oscar Peterson / piano / “These Foolish Things”. \*\* Excellent save, **masonite** , and if you’ll back up to what I had to work with, maybe you can see how narrow my choices were. I was leery of Van Damme, since his jazzness might be in question, as “space age pop” is more the bag he’s in. But you done good rescue work. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/8 "2003-08-26T01:42:39Z")
Sorry **masonite** I’ll try again. Sonny Rollins plays the tenor sax as does Lester the Prez ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/9 "2003-08-26T01:45:09Z")
Player #7 – John Coltrane, tenor ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/10 "2003-08-26T01:56:58Z")
Player #8 - Pharoah Sanders, tenor ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/11 "2003-08-26T02:06:18Z")
Sorry **Zeldar** , you were in a tight spot there! I was just afraid we’d be talking about accordians all night. Not that there’d be anything wrong with that, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/12 "2003-08-26T02:06:23Z")
Player #9 – Stan Getz, tenor ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/13 "2003-08-26T02:08:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by masonite \* > \*\*Sorry **Zeldar** , you were in a tight spot there! I was just afraid we’d be talking about accordians all night. Not that there’d be anything wrong with that, of course… \*\* Surely not all night! Can you name four others? BTW, ever hear of Tommy Gumina? I have an album of him with Buddy DeFranco where he plays an accordiorgan (not sure how it’s spelled) but sounds like it ought to as a hybrid. Decent sounding album, but that instrument is probably not for this game! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/14 "2003-08-26T02:10:55Z")
Player #10- Coleman Hawkins, tenor ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/15 "2003-08-26T02:12:45Z")
Player #11 - Zoot Sims, tenor ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/16 "2003-08-26T02:53:55Z")
Player #12: Charles Mingus (Zoot Sims played in his “Epitaph” project) ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/17 "2003-08-26T03:13:51Z")
Player #13: Howard Johnson, tuba. Played on Mingus’ album _With Orchestra_. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/18 "2003-08-26T03:21:34Z")
Player #14 Allan P. Jaffe, tuba. Preservation Hall Jazz Band ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Resu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Eman\_Resu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Resu)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/19 "2003-08-26T03:23:56Z")
Player #15: Don Butterfield, tuba. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611/20 "2003-08-26T10:15:06Z")
Player # 16 – Clark Terry, trumpet (Don Butterfield played tuba in the Clark Terry Quintet on at least the recording “Top & Bottom Brass: Clark Terry Quintet”) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-connections-game/197611.md?page=2)