[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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