🎧Episode 138: Brecker Brothers Live Funk, Tom Scott Cool & A Dolly/Steve Perry Collab From Hell

Episode 138 brings the horns, the grooves, and one deeply questionable duet decision as Jonathan and Curtis move from jazz-funk fireworks into smooth studio-player territory before the category songs start causing emotional damage.Jonathan opens with a live Brecker Brothers performance, bringing precision horn lines, funk muscle, and the kind of jazz fusion intensity that makes everyone in the room feel slightly underqualified. Curtis follows with Tom Scott, adding polished saxophone-led cool, West Coast session-player energy, and that sweet spot where jazz, funk, and AOR start sharing custody.For the category songs, Jonathan returns with Collab From Hell #2, featuring Dolly Parton and Steve Perry in a pairing that sounds fascinating on paper and dangerously unstable once the microphones are on. Curtis then brings Original Versions with Spider, digging into the earlier life of a song better known through another artist’s hit version.Live fusion chaos, Tom Scott smoothness, original-version detective work, and a duet that probably should have required a permit—Episode 138 is slick, strange, and fully committed to the bit.Curtis Gross is a self-employed video editor.Jonathan Workman is an adult learning consultant based in Wichita, KS.---Make sure you are subscribed to Why Is This So Hard For You. Type Why Is This So Hard For You in your podcast provider, hit that subscription button, and leave us a five-star review. This will make it easier for other podcast listeners to find the podcast.---The intro music is the first 30 seconds of the Ornette Coleman tune "Song X" fed into AI software that attempts to output the song to a solo piano transcription. The outro music is the first 30 seconds of Sonny Rollins' version of the tune "St. Thomas" fed into the same software.