[Dixielandjazz] Head charts on the stand

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

jam-style performance with arrangements that more or less fall together on 
the bandstand (with a big band) is one of the markers of the KC 
style..............and THAT, Steve, is "Kansas City style".
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Don't know if it's KC style or not but you could insert just about any city. 
"......your town here......." style.  This basic style used by players 
almost everywhere and is the classic way head arrangements are put together.

It's really simple.  An intro, the Dixie head, followed by solos usually in 
a set order then the Dixie out chorus.  This works best with throw together 
bands and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this method of putting 
things together but a lot of people out there including a lot of jazz club 
people think that this is the only way to do it. A lot of them lack an 
arranged sound and endless solos in every tune can get boring.  Some bands 
only play 8 or 10 tunes an hour or less.  IMO That's just too long for a 
tune to go.   Of course the better the musicians the better this comes off.
Larry
StL