Question
One of this musician’s solos quotes “Someone left the cake out in the rain,” playing it an octave higher before climbing up to a double high concert G. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Canadian trumpeter known for his high register. This musician lip-slurs between high D-flats and E-flats in the intro to a cover of Herbie Hancock’s “Chameleon.”
ANSWER: Maynard Ferguson [or Walter Maynard Ferguson]
[10m] Description acceptable. Ferguson’s big band recorded a popular cover of this Bill Conti song on the 1977 album Conquistador. The main theme of this song opens with the brasses playing, “E-G, A, [pause], A-B, E,” and plays as one character climbs the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum.
ANSWER: “Gonna Fly Now” [accept answers that describe the Rocky theme song]
[10e] Ferguson was the bandleader for this location’s “Dream Band.” Ferguson later covered a Weather Report song about this New York City jazz club, which took its name from Charlie Parker’s nickname.
ANSWER: Birdland [or Birdland Jazz Club]
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 33% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 25% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| North Carolina B | South Carolina | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia Tech C | Virginia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| North Carolina A | Virginia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |