Will Thomas Brady be THE gaucho?


The song “GAUCHO,” performed by Steely Dan in one of their finest of many innovative, creative and entertaining songs they ever put their name on.

This song was written by either Keith Jarrett, the pianist who plays classical and jazz with such range and such domination of skill and feel in both areas that he is arguably the most versatile solo instrumentalist of the past quarter century, or Steely Dan. Depending on who you believe, it was plagiarism in part, unconscious plagiarism, or simply coincidental songs—I think the judge ruled in favor of Keith at the trial level—but the case was appealed and in the time between appeal and trial all escrow money was going to Keith—all of which is: just a testament to how excellent a piece of writing this is. I love Keith’s music, but he has released approximately 100—as solos!—he must be on at least 10,000 individual recordings—therefore, I am not surprised that I’ve never heard Keith’s [version].

Point: even if the songs are identical, that fact would not diminish from how good a song it is.

Now: IS TOM BRADY AN AMERICAN GAUCHO???

Calibrations by I. Schneider, supervised by James C.C. Manning

The Meanspeed Summary
song=”Gaucho”
composer=Keith Jarrett
performer=Steely Dan
mean speed standard tempo (average velocity)=62.3 beats per minute.
universal standard tempo scale category=sincerity
average beat=963 milliseconds per beat.

slideshow by SARAH JANE BRISTOL
Ian Schneider
January 20, 2008