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[Custode at aol.com]

I'm not sure about the UK bands, but according to the  biography "Trumpet 
Blues", Harry James would tune his entire section  slightly sharp to give them a 
"brighter" sound.  Maybe it is a concept  rooted in truth.  
 
Lewis D.  Custode, Jr., CLU, ChFC, CASL
Trumpet/Vocalist
"Barroom Buzzards"
Buffalo, NY