[Dixielandjazz] Big Bands & Charts

[Steve Barbone]

Got the below off list from a pal of mine (great professional musician)
originally from this area (Mid-Atlantic USA), now leading a swing band in
Florida and using some of the original Goodman Charts.

Cheers, 
Steve Barbone

>Hey Steve...
 
>Some years ago I had occasion to talk to Pee Wee Irwin about the Goodman band
>and he said the trumpet section sat on their books...  The only time they
>brought them out was if Goodman called a tune that they hadn't played in a long
>time...  I suspect that it was the same with most of the bands of that era...