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Hunter and Mike perform Blue Bossa, a Kenny Dorham composition first introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. Mike was learning about bossa accompaniment as well as improvisation. I would say he gets it. Nice Job Mike!

My student adam and I performed a transcription i did of Steely Dan's version. Such a fun and challenging composition! And one that is on our advanced curriculum. East St Louis Toodle-Oo" (also "Toodle-O") is a composition written by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley and recorded several times by Ellington for various labels from 1926-1930 under various titles. This song was the first charting single for Duke Ellington in 1927 and was one of the main examples of his early "jungle music". This composition was covered by Steely Dan on their 1974 album Pretzel Logic. "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" features a growling plunger-muted trumpet part played by co-composer Bubber Miley, one of the first jazz trumpeters to utilize the style. For Steely Dan's 1974 cover of the song, Walter Becker sang the melody through a talk box to imitate Miley's trumpet style, while Jeff "Skunk" Baxter used a pedal steel guitar for the trombone part. - Wikipedia.