A sax player I used to work with (Ben - rest his soul) was the best sight reader I've ever known.
One night we were to accompany female vocalist whose attitude far outweighed her vocal ability.
Before the show we were going over her charts in the dressing room.
She says "Like this..1,2,1234 Da da da da etc"

Without even looking up Ben said "Do you want it played like that, or the way it's written here?"

Cheers,
Keith