Maybe W, a piano major but also a flutist (that's how we met - she bought a new flute and I bought her old one), is a Finn.
Even though I'm a saxophonist (preferably bari), I rank Duke Ellington second only to Gerry Mulligan in my list of favorites. I can put some Ellington in front of her and she can hit every note perfectly - but the woman has no soul. She's great on other stuff: classical, contemporary, baroque, even impressionist stuff like Frederic Mompou (she did Scènes d'enfants for her freshman recital). Mompou is most well known for his harmonies and chord structures, but he also gets noticed for his “jazz-like” rhythms. So why is it that she can play that stuff so well, but sounds so wooden when it comes to jazz? I don’t get it, the woman just has no soul.
