[Dixielandjazz] How close?

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Very true - The next guy in line that doesn't get asked is the Clarinet 
player.  It's a very useful skill to be able to play anything to anything. 
When this happens to me (17 times a gig) and I know I have the first solo up 
after the head I will play something akin to what I just played against the 
melody as the first solo.  It usually works better if I am reasonably close 
to the chords too.  There are only two people that have to know the tune and 
that's the cornet player and the piano or banjo player.  The person least 
consulted is the drummer.  I'm lucky to be told the key when some of these 
guys kick off a tune.  It doesn't bother me much anymore.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Nichols" <marnichols at yahoo.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:52 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] How close?


> "How close to the truth is this?
> Bob Romans,
> 1617 Lakeshore Drive,
> Lodi, Calif., 95242
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>
> HOW JAZZ WORKS
> From Bill Anschell's A First-Timer's Guide to Jazz Jam Sessions
> (Copyright 2001, Bill Anschell)
>
>
>  Piano,<snip>"
>
>  Close Bob, but no cigar.
>
>  I have personally lived the truth that the trombonist has to learn
>  the widest possible library, cuz he/she is virtually never going to "pick
>  the tune." We must be able to acquiece to the desires of everyone else, 
> or
>  just not play.
>  Marty Nichols
>  freelance trombonist
>  http://myspace.com/freemarty
>
>
>
>
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