[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: "Anderson Master Fake Book"

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This is in response to a fine article by Bill Haesler   bob  simpson
 
In a message dated 5/14/2005 2:12:47 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
jjbanjo at juno.com writes:

Dear Bob,          cc: B. Haesler; L. Swain
 
Thanks for fwdg this DJML post.  I met Bill Haesler through Eric  Holroyd in 
1999 when we visited Sydney.  Please fwd this to my former  DJML-mates if you 
wish, to say that everything that Bill has extracted from my  YesterTunes and 
AndersonFakeBook website is accurate and up-to-date.
 
The late Charles Anderson of San Diego saw to it that this archival work  is 
in The Smithsonian, Tulane's, Hogan Jazz Archive, UCLA Schoenberg Hall, U.  of 
Chicago Jazz Archive, Rutgers U. Inst. of Jazz Studies and numerous other  
music-preservation-dedicated sites.  He asked me in 1991 to carry on his  work 
as he had previously done with his orchestration collection in  1999.  As you 
know, it is now my full-time pursuit in retirement.   

Recently, Jim Cullum's "Riverwalk - Live from The Landing" jazz radio  show 
on public radio has used 20-30 leadsheets from the Book in their shows,  
through his bassist Don Mopsick, also a DJML loyalist as I recall.
 
Perhaps I would reconsider one statement that Bill made - that the Book  is 
expensive.  In the overall, the investment of $539 USD domestically is  a large 
sum.  Considering that there are 9339 leadsheets; that the charge  is only 8 
cents a page including domestic postage; that there are 6956  pages; and that 
the Book can be owned in 21 separate sections as advised on  the websites (but 
not as single songs), then I think it may be the least  costly one around.
 
We're on Maui helping a former neighbor until 25 May.  (Somebody's  gotta do 
it!)  Thanks for keeping me posted.

Chord-ially,              Jim            O==#        _jjbanjo at juno.com_ 
(mailto:jjbanjo at juno.com) 
 
Jim  Jones                                      Tel/Fax: (310) 831-3372
2747 Vista Mesa Drive - Rancho Palos Verdes CA 90275

_www.YesterTunes.com_ (http://www.yestertunes.com/)        
_www.AndersonFakeBook.com_ (http://www.andersonfakebook.com/) 
8043  Full  Orchestrations                            9339 leadsheets