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I was looking at a piece of music when I came across the symbol pictured below (the sharp, curved line between the tenuto and accent).
Can anyone help me identify it?
For reference, the piece that I saw this is was "Four On Six" written by Wes Montgomery and arranged by Mike Tomaro. Here's a link to the score and a recording of the piece. The symbol appears mainly throughout the alto and tenor sax parts.
It's called a "flip" or a "turn", and in jazz charts, that's a standard notation for it. It's played by adding two "grace notes" just before the following "main" note. In the specific case posted, it would be played as shown below, with the B preceded by E and D grace notes.
In a tune as fast as "Four on Six", it's nearly indistinguishable from an upper mordent. The difference is more clear at a lower tempo. A mordent occurs on the beat at the beginning of the affected note, while a flip precedes its note "in between" beats.
Sounds to me like an upper mordant. Play the written note, play the note above, come back to the original note again.
Somewhat like a guitarist would play a hammer on and pull off.
