[Dixielandjazz] David Littlefield's Fake Books
Mike
mike at railroadstjazzwest.com
Sat Dec 16 12:45:46 PST 2006
I think the roadmaps are there mostly for the benefit of younger
bands. We've used quite a few of Littlefield's leadsheets in my
college band. They were helpful in helping us to learn tunes in
addition to recordings.
To each his own I suppose....
Mike
Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis wrote:
> A lot of the verses are not very good but some just can't be left out.
> I think a good example of this IMHO is the verse to Alexandra's Ragtime
> Band and it is left out of a lot of books.
>
> The routines (road map) are a different matter. Typically I really
> don't care for many of the "other bands" routines.
> Larry
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