Nice thought kat.

Boy do I thank my Mom! She never really liked the folk music that so captured my heart, 'cause she was a "straight musician". She could sit down at the piano and (to my ears) sound like Art Tatum or Artur Rubinstein. Great reader and better "ear" player.

But I always remember her saying things like "That should be a Diminished chord" when I was playing something by Woodie. I'd be totally perplexed, til she'd play the notes on the piano. 'Course I never would "spruce up" Woody or Leadbelly, but those "fancy chords" came in real handy when I started playing 20s Jazz!

Rick