Historical clue formulations

• Bit of musical flair — 2025-12-01
• Jazz lick — 2025-10-14
• Musical phrase — 2024-12-01
• Jazz improvisation — 2024-11-26
• Funky bit of noodling — 2023-05-24
• Repeated musical phrase — 2023-04-30
• Improvise on stage — 2022-05-20
• Repeated bit in jazz — 2021-01-18
• Recurring snippet in a bass line, say — 2017-07-13
• Speak extemporaneously (on) — 2015-11-23
• Melodic phrase — 2013-04-07
• Jazz line — 2012-12-05
• Jazz phrase — 2010-08-08
• Musical phrase — 2009-04-02
• Musical phrase — 2007-11-05
• Comedic spiel — 2007-04-08
• Take off (on) — 2006-01-01
• Jazz phrase — 2005-01-03
• Jazz bit — 2004-06-20
• Music bit — 2004-03-07
• Improvised bit — 2002-01-16
• Jazz lick — 2001-07-31
• Jazz bit — 2000-10-20
• Jazz phrase — 1999-01-12
• Bit of jazz — 1998-10-21
• Songwriter's starting point, maybe — 1996-03-24
• Jazz phrase — 1996-01-21
• Musical phrase — 1995-11-26
• Repeated musical phrase — 1995-09-12
• Jazz theme — 1994-11-20