Tossup

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 (10[1])on a rock-influenced (10[1])album that begins with “Pharaoh’s Dance.” A player of this instrument included “Freddie Freeloader” on a 1959 album whose lead track names pianist Bill Evans’s “So What” chords. For 10 points, (-5[1])the lead artist of Kind of Blue, (10[1])Miles Davis, (10[1])played what high-pitched (10[1])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.)
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%20%84.80
UK (South)UK8100%50%91.50
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%89.50
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%43%81.86
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%20%76.60
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%80.56
FloridaUS4100%0%97.50
Great LakesUS11100%27%85.45
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%87.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1100%100%99.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%56%90.67
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS2100%0%96.00
MidwestUS9100%11%81.22
NorthUS3100%33%93.00
NortheastUS1100%0%21.00
PacificUS8100%25%88.25
SoutheastUS12100%8%77.83
Upstate NYUS5100%0%84.00