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PLEASE WAIT TRUMPET AUDITIONS IN PROGRESS
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I get it, his trumpet is broken.
I assume this is some kind of cultural reference I don’t get
That cat really cooks. He’s hot. He’s on fire.
Jazz has a lot of metaphors like that.
That was my thought too. I just keep wondering if there is something else. Like he could be blind. He doesn’t seem to care, but tge others do. Dude is packing out his trumpet. But far side comics often mess with you like that
That’s pretty much what I took from it, but I thought there might be a more specific reference I was missing
If there is, I’d like to know too!
The best I can do is generalities. Miles Davis and other famous trumpeters were known for playing “hot jazz” and when you got a good lick they’d say you were “on fire.” This trumpeter is so obviously the best one there because he’s so hot his trumpet’s on fire, and he’s wearing shades indoors, it’s making the other auditioners uneasy for their chances of getting the part.
Don’t mean to pick on you, but Miles was actually a “cool jazz” guy.
