[Dixielandjazz] Chat and other "hits"

[Henry C. Mason]

Mike is right,  most of the road band books are full of "gems" that never
were a hit but they still met the leader's standard for inclusion in the
book.  Many of the big road bands carried 300 or so charts in the book and
could only play 36 or so on a three hour show...  After playing the "in the
moods" etc.  I expect they had to have some different things in the book to
avoid terminal boredom.    I hear non GMO musicians complain about "In the
Mood" all the time,  can you imagine playing it every night!?

Henry

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:29 PM, <vaxtrpts at aol.com> wrote:

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>  I think that with any big band, there are lots of great arrangements that
> may not get recorded or become the most popular charts from that band, but
> they might really swing and be interesting pieces of music.  While not a
> huge Glenn Miller fan, I did play in the band for a short time about 40
> years ago, and there were some really nice things in the book that didn't
> get played all the time.
> But then there were also some great charts on Stan Kenton's band that most
> fans don't know about as well.
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> Mike Vax
> Friends of Big Band Jazz, Prescott Jazz Summit,
> Stan Kenton Alumni Band
> www.mikevax.net
> www.bigbandjazz.net
> www.prescottjazz.com
> www.getzen.com
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