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This musician composed a jazz harmonization of three iterations of an atonal tone row in a melody analyzed in a book titled The Harmony of (10[1])this musician, by Jack Reilly. (10[1])A song by this musician begins with the four one-measure chords [read slowly] “B minor seventh, C major seventh, F major seventh, E minor seventh,” and titles a book about this musician’s last two years, co-written by his drummer Joe La Barbera. A voicing first played by this pianist consists of three stacked (10[2])perfect fourths plus a major third. From 1961 to 1966, this pianist’s trio featured Chuck (10[1])Israels (-5[1])on bass, replacing a man who died (10[1])in a car accident (10[1])after recording (10[1])Sunday at the Village Vanguard, (10[1]-5[1])Scott LaFaro. (10[2])A voicing developed by him is named (10[1])for the (10[1])opening track of Kind of Blue. (10[1])For 10 points, what (10[1])pianist developed the (10[1])“So What” chord and composed “Waltz for Debby”? ■END■ (10[5]0[7])

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