Packet I: Bonus 7
This musician’s trio recorded their signature standard “Poinciana” (“poyn-see-ANN-uh”) on the live album At the Pershing: But Not for Me. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this jazz pianist who claimed to “honor” the space between notes. This longtime friend of Miles Davis changed his name after converting to Islam.
ANSWER: Ahmad Jamal [or Frederick Russell Jones]
[10e] Jamal’s laid-back playing helped develop this subgenre of jazz that was prominent on the West Coast. This subgenre is named for a concept whose “Birth” titles a Miles Davis album.
ANSWER: cool jazz [accept Birth of the Cool]
[10m] Jamal’s 2017 performance of this standard at the Palais des Congrès (“pah-LAY day con-GRAY”) Paris begins with a three-minute-long intro. This standard, which begins Cannonball Adderley’s album Somethin’ Else, is titled for objects that “drift by the window.”
ANSWER: “Autumn Leaves”
<McGill B, Other Fine Arts> | Packet I - McGill B, UCLA A, Michigan B, Georgia Tech C, Southampton B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 11.75 | 68% | 40% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | Maryland A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia C | Georgetown | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| John Jay | Catholic | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland B | Vassar | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| NYU B | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU C | Johns Hopkins B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Rutgers B | Rutgers A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Swarthmore | Maryland C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 3.33 | 0% | 33% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 10.00 | 44% | 44% | 11% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 8.89 | 56% | 11% | 22% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 33% | 17% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 7 | 10.00 | 86% | 14% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 67% | 67% | 17% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 67% | 11% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |