Question

This musician composed a jazz harmonization of three iterations of an atonal tone row in a melody analyzed in a book titled The Harmony of (10[1])this musician, by Jack Reilly. (10[1])A song by this musician begins with the four one-measure chords [read slowly] “B minor seventh, C major seventh, F major seventh, E minor seventh,” and titles a book about this musician’s last two years, co-written by his drummer Joe La Barbera. A voicing first played by this pianist consists of (10[2])three stacked perfect fourths plus a major third. From 1961 to 1966, this pianist’s trio (10[1])featured (-5[1])Chuck Israels on bass, replacing a man (10[1])who died in a (10[1])car accident (10[1])after recording Sunday at the (10[1]-5[1])Village Vanguard, (10[2])Scott LaFaro. A voicing developed by him (10[1])is named (10[1])for the opening track of Kind (10[1])of Blue. For 10 (10[1])points, what pianist (10[1])developed the “So What” chord and composed “Waltz for (10[5]0[7])Debby”? ■END■

ANSWER: Bill Evans [or William John Evans; reject “Gil Evans”] (The second sentence is about the song “Time Remembered”)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2488%0%8%112.38

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
John MarvinChicago ARutgers2410
Crow HeNorth Carolina BOhio State2910
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AStanford8010
Adrian WongOttawaWaterloo B8010
Justin WytmarIllinois AIndiana9510
Chris SimsNorthwesternWUSTL A96-5
Nathan ZhangCornell ATexas10310
Yrwin BatanMITToronto C10710
Ani PerumallaPenn StateWUSTL B10910
Cormac BeirneLSEBritish Columbia11410
Jim FanNorth Carolina AColumbia A114-5
Alvin GuoChicago BMinnesota11610
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AWaterloo A11610
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechJohns Hopkins12310
Eric ChangVirginia TechIowa State12510
Joseph ChambersVirginiaMichigan13110
Jaik HavlickArizona StateUC Berkeley B13510
Ryan RosenbergNYUFlorida13810
Emily BussaMarylandColumbia B14710
Henry BonWinona StateVanderbilt1470
Anthony LovegrenUCFCornell B14710
Alan XieYaleGeorgia State14710
Moses KitakuleColumbia ANorth Carolina A14710
Joey SunToronto BHarvard1470
Sarod NoriCornell BUCF1470
Olin BoseColumbia BMaryland1470
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL ANorthwestern14710
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltWinona State1470
Cade ReinbergerRITIllinois B1470
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateYale1470