Round 5: Tossup 3

A man who mainly played this instrument recorded the high-charting instrumental “Grazing in the Grass” and wrote “Soweto Blues” for his wife, Miriam Makeba. The composer of Brazilian-inspired standards like “Blue Bossa,” Kenny Dorham, mainly played this instrument. An artist who mainly played this instrument composed “Spanish Key,” which he included on a rock-influenced album that begins with “Pharaoh’s Dance.” A player of this instrument included “Freddie Freeloader” on a 1959 album (10[1])whose lead track names pianist Bill Evans’s “So What” chords. For 10 points, the lead artist of Kind of Blue, Miles Davis, played what (10[1])high-pitched (10[2])brass instrument? ■END■

ANSWER: trumpet [accept cornet; accept flugelhorn] (The first line refers to Hugh Masekela. The album in the third line is Bitches Brew.)
<MIT B, Other Fine Arts> | Packet E
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain4100%0%89.50
Southern CaliforniaMain7100%43%81.86
Eastern Canada (1)Main5100%20%76.60
Eastern Canada (2)Main9100%11%80.56
FloridaMain4100%0%97.50
Great LakesMain11100%27%85.45
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain9100%0%87.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain1100%100%99.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain9100%56%90.67
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain2100%0%96.00
MidwestMain9100%11%81.22
NorthMain3100%33%93.00
NortheastMain1100%0%21.00
PacificMain8100%25%88.25
South CentralMain6100%17%93.33
SoutheastMain12100%8%77.83
Upstate NYMain5100%0%84.00
UK (North)UK5100%20%84.80
UK (South)UK8100%50%91.50