Kenny G & Mother Canada

Notes from our Summer Trivia Issue:

Saxophonist Kenny G gives perhaps his most memorable performance in a Snickers TV commercial, playing his horn at a poker table. However, we do not get the scene where Sonny Rollins comes in and says, "I'll raise you three riffs."

Meanwhile, residents of Cape Breton are preparing themselves for the erection of a 24-metre statue in Highlands National Park. The statue, dubbed "Mother Canada," will be accompanied by a gift shop, where, one guesses, visitors will be able to buy John Diefenbaker tee shirts and CDs of Stephen Harper's greatest hits.

Finally, a line from jazz musician Bob Brookmeyer: "Saxophonists get all the girls, trumpet players make all the money, and trombone players develop an interior life."

Brookmeyer plays the trombone.