<html> <body> I "believe" that Ed Foote does a LOT of HT's with jazz. Right, Ed? Avery At 07:28 AM 3/25/2007, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Anne, I think I can imagine what Madison is like - perhaps a bit like Ann Arbor? Also, I'm not surprised by the quirky aesthetic you mention. That seems to be what the show is about, and one of it's charms. Off-the-cuff, out of left field... The duo (sorry, I mistakenly said trio before) has that sort of lounge-y sound, like you've wandered into a club where the piano doesn't get tuned very often. It's a pretty old school style of playing, and yes I agree, a bit of a spikey style (good word for it). I can see why Feldman and his producers might like it. I mean, they might want to seem sort of downhome, friendly and approachable (given the format of the show), but in a hip way. And I would imagine that classic piano jazz format by now has a basically unthreatening sound to most people, but by putting the piano in meantone, it adds a bit of edge. It does make sense that would be a conscious choice, in an environment like that. Best regards, Allen Wright, RPT London, UK On 25 Mar 2007, at 12:49, Anne Acker wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> If you know Madison, Wisconsin, you would understand.   There it is not an imposition, it is a request.  The pianists love it.   This used to be my scene years ago, and I remember how much they loved it when they first heard and had the tuning done for them. I would also blame the sound quality partly on the room miking and overall acoustic, since Feldman's voice isn't too well covered either.  I suspect they like the feel of it.  One of my old friends is one of his facts researchers, and the aesthetic all around is quirky by design. Besides,  I hate the way that pianist plays, and come to think of it THAT is why the piano is out of tune all the time.  He has a particularly "spikey finger" style of playing.  .  I always have to turn the show off during the music sections, home town or no. AA Wow, the mind boggles. That's so interesting; the dealer imposes  meantone temperament (on a jazz trio, no less - with all the  chromatic haarmonic stuff going on) and nobody thinks that's odd, or  questions it?! I wonder how the pianist feels? (Who knows, maybe he's  an adventurous sort of jazzer, and thinks it's bizarre and  interesting - he does sound like an easygoing sort, when Feldman  engages him in conversation). I'll definitely have to listen to that  show again   : ) Now I'm really wondering whether it was the tuning or the temperament  that I heard as being "off" somehow. Cheers, Allen On 25 Mar 2007, at 02:44, William R. Monroe wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">The dealer likes it.  No other reason I know of. William R. Monroe</blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote></body> </html>