This morning I loaded the Jazquint style without really meaning to - it loaded with a soloist I was trying.

Something a bit unusual caught my ear, and I listened more carefully, and then looked more closely at the 'b' patterns. I then checked where Jazquint came from - it was Style set 4, and I checked the other jazz styles in that set. And at least one of them - the Charleston style- has something similar, this time a clarinet line slipped in through the 'string' slot.

What I'm talking about is a sort of 'noodlin' line somewhere in the accompaniment, not melody or solo - not quite a melody, but definitely more melodically interesting than the plain rhythmic chordal comping that most styles have.

Are these rare exceptions - was someone just feeling very generous (or mellow?) the day they were made ?

As it happens, these two are not particularly to my musical preferences, but I'd be really interested if people can point up any other examples.

Ian G.

Late-developing enthusiast for jazz / blues. Principally pianist