[Dixielandjazz] Playing along

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Jim ---I mentally blocked out the
trombonist
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I try to block out the trombone players all the time - :) LOL

I thought you were talking about something else.  That sounds like a good 
plan.  One time I was playing on the Mississippi Queen with the Jimmy Dorsey 
ghost band.  The first night with a new book, insane keys and no one had 
ever played together before turned out to be something of a disaster 
although I have heard many bands do a lot worse.

The leader couldn't fire anybody and couldn't get any subs.   The first 
night the lead trumpet player grew a big fat rosy fever blister on his lip, 
the bass player's amp blew and the drummer wasn't a big band kicker 
(wonderful OKOM musician though). The Leader's foul personality didn't help 
much either.  The biggest problem was we couldn't rehearse so all the horn 
players got together in the lounge and sang through all the tunes that were 
coming up for that night.  It was like a miracle had happened the second 
night out.
Larry
StL