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Lousy band hire piano, butchering this piece? (8,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhapsody in blue

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'lousy band hire piano butchering' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'piece?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'piece?' could be 'rhapsody' (I have seen 'Piece of music ' mean 'rhapsody' so perhaps 'piece' could also mean 'rhapsody') and 'rhapsody' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'inblue' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for rhapsody in blue that I've seen before include "Gershwin's piece" , "Example of jazz" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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