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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 (-5[1])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 (10[1])Second Great Quintet. A track by this musician begins with percussionist Bill Summers imitating hindewhu music by blowing into (10[1])beer bottles. (10[1])That song is the (10[1])opening track of this musician’s debut album Takin’ Off, (10[1])and was recorded in a funk style on his album Head Hunters. (10[2])For 10 points, name this jazz pianist (10[1])who recorded the tracks “Watermelon Man” and “Chameleon.” (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Herbie Hancock [or Herbert Hancock] (The song in the first line is “Cantaloupe Island.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeremy CummingsWashU BUChicago C31-5
Yash MandaviaUIUC BPurdue A7210
Trenton BurgesIndiana BPurdue D9110
Justin HawkinsIndiana AUIUC A9310
Emmett ChoUChicago DUIUC D9710
Alvin GuoUChicago CWashU B10610
Noah McRedmondNotre DameWashU D11810
Danielle WebbSIUE AUChicago B11810
Sam AlahiUIUC CUChicago A12510
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern AWashU C13310