Question

A track by this musician was re-recorded with a choir for his mentor’s album Up with Donald Byrd. A syncopated bass ostinato built on a B-flat minor 7 to E-flat 7 progression opens a track by this musician before saxes and trumpet enter with three sets of two quick sixteenth notes on the notes B-flat, A-flat, B-flat. This musician began using electric instruments like the Fender Rhodes while a member of Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet. (10[1])A track by this musician (-5[1])begins with percussionist Bill Summers imitating (10[1])hindewhu music by blowing into beer bottles. That song (-5[1])is the opening track of this musician’s debut album Takin’ Off, and was recorded in a funk style on his album Head Hunters. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this jazz pianist who recorded the tracks “Watermelon Man” (10[1])and “Chameleon.” (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[6])

ANSWER: Herbie Hancock [or Herbert Hancock] (The song in the first line is “Cantaloupe Island.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisBoston University A7510
William OrrYale ATufts B80-5
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ABrandeises Brew8610
EthanWilliams AAmherst A95-5
Armand ErbanClark ABowdoin B11810
Yrwin BatanMIT ANortheastern A118-5
Lily FascianoCarabrandeisBrown A13110
Ethan SiskelTufts BYale A13310
Jonathan SchnipperA Brandeis SupremeBoston University B1340
Cindy ZhouBoston University BA Brandeis Supreme1340
MichaelAmherst AWilliams A1340
Jem BurchYale BBowdoin A13410
Rajat SethiNortheastern AMIT A1340
John ChaTufts AYale C1340
Roger ChennYale CTufts A1340