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Inspired by the cutting edge advice of Abigail Van Buren, the storied bass playing of Paul Chambers, and the need for a Politically Correct doctrine for navigating the minefields of jazz etiquette, I humbly offer my services.

Old Folks

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2024-02-05
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Last Notes, List Notes, Lost Dollars

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-12-20
16

Fluid Start Times, Desert Island Recordings, and Personal Growth

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-10-27
5

French Scat, Nothing Personal, Casual Claustrophobia

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-07-17
2

Hitting Things

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-04-18
10

The Sound of a Puckered Butt, Nice Guys Finish Last, and The...

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2023-02-28
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It's About Time

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-12-07
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Vote P.C.!

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-11-07
12

CD Phobia, Italian Sunrise and The Dating Game

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-10-11
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Strange Guitarists, Entitled Musicians and Fictional Managers

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-07-05
7

The Lick, The Uniform, and All That Jazz

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-05-04
8

A Marvelous Night, Self-ish

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-03-09
15

Food, Guts, Pop

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2022-01-26
3

Antisocial Media, The Lick, The Scuffle Shuffle

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-11-25
5

Saxophone Solos, Trumpet Wars, Clichéd Endings

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-10-05
5

Accompanying 101, For Your Consideration, Bandstand Violence

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-08-01
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Plight at the End of the Tunnel

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-05-30
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Going Viral

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-05-03
2

The Four-Letter Word, Chatty Clubowner, Knobby Guitarist

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-03-19
6

Elusive Spontaneity, Mooed Indigo

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-02-24
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Cursing, Gambling, Drinking and Smoking

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2021-01-21
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Best of 2020

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-12-25
2

Inside Out

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-12-11
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Talking While Playing, Sub Division, and Translating Scat

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-11-03
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Bits and Bytes

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-10-15
4

Do the Math

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-08-24
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Count-Off, Off of My Cloud, Going Off

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-06-25
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Cattle Calls, Tuning Wrenchers and the American Dream

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-06-04
5

Sneezing, Spouses and Singers

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-04-29
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De Bass

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-04-05
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Disgruntled Masters

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-03-21
5

Bits and Bytes

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2020-01-27
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Faking Bad

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-12-21
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Ouch!

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-10-16
6

Ba-dum-tss!

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-09-02
2

Sucking While Blowing, Door Gig Blues

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-06-13
5

Drum and Drummer 2

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-03-31
5

Old Folks, Countdown

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-01-18
8

Provocalists

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-12-21
8

Going Solo

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-10-01
6

Sitting In It, Low Blow, Always a Bridesmaid

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-07-20
7

On the Download; Presto, the Audience Disappears!; Showboaters...

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-04-13
6

Rushing Collusion, Bits and P.C.s, Ave Maracas

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-02-08
7

Best of Mr. P.C. 2017

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-01-18
10

Practice Makes Imperfect, The Pursuit of Nothingness,...

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-10-26
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Bits and PCs, The Cosmic Loop, Fake Gigs

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-08-09
10

Booze in the Night, CD or Not CD?, and Malodorous Microphone

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-05-03
9

Solving the Audience Equation, The Fix is On, and It's a Setup!

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-03-24
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Best of Mr. P.C. 2016

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-12-10
5

Easy Swing, Fours and More, Medicinal Jazz

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-12-01
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Best of Mr. P.C. 2017

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-01-18
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Bits and PCs, The Cosmic Loop, Fake Gigs

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-08-09
10

Going Solo

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-10-01
6

Practice Makes Imperfect, The Pursuit of Nothingness, Challenging the Originalists

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-10-26
8

Rushing Collusion, Bits and P.C.s, Ave Maracas

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-02-08
7

On the Download; Presto, the Audience Disappears!; Showboaters Get the Clap

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-04-13
6

Booze in the Night, CD or Not CD?, and Malodorous Microphone

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-05-03
9

Background Gigs, Small Fonts, and Incestuous Quotes

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-07-22
9

Solving the Audience Equation, The Fix is On, and It's a Setup!

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2017-03-24
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Best of Mr. P.C. 2016

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-12-10
5

Sitting In It, Low Blow, Always a Bridesmaid

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-07-20
7

Best of 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-12-06
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Mr. P.C.'s Best of 2011

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2011-12-02
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Easy Swing, Fours and More, Medicinal Jazz

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-12-01
1

Provocalists

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2018-12-21
8

Death By Banjo, Playing With Emotion, and Musical Divorce

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-10-27
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Old Folks, Countdown

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-01-18
8

Best of Mr. P.C. 2015

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2015-12-02
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December 2009

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2009-12-03
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February 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-02-09
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Best of 2012

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2012-12-03
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October 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-10-06
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July 2011

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2011-07-11
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Drum and Drummer 2

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-03-31
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Mr. P.C.'s Best of 2013

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2013-12-02
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July 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-07-07
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Best of Mr. P.C. 2014

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2014-12-01
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January 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-01-01
526

October 2009

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2009-10-27
400

June 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-06-07
539

April 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-04-01
504

June 2011

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2011-06-06
190

August 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-08-05
494

May 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-05-04
503

September 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-09-06
560

April 2011

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2011-04-07
257

March 2010

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2010-03-04
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Texting on the Bandstand, Practicing, and Playing Each Note as if it's Your Last

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-05-25
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January 2011

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2011-01-12
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January 2012

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2012-01-05
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September 2011

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2011-09-08
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November 2011

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2011-11-07
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May 2014

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2014-05-01
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Sucking While Blowing, Door Gig Blues

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2019-06-13
5

Audience Requests, Invisible Soloists and Rhythm Changes

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2016-03-10
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July 2014

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2014-07-01
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July 2015

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2015-07-01
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August 2015

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2015-08-03
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August 2014

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2014-08-01
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August 2011

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum | 2011-08-09
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