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Work towards not needing the chart onstage.


--Mac



Absolutely correct and some standards are more "standard" than others depending what part of the country you're in I guess. Tunes that I do all the time regardless of who I'm playing with are what I call true standards like All the Things You Are, Funny Valentine, Misty, Fly Me To The Moon, Footprints, etc. I do know all of those but there's now three books guys show up on the gig with, at least that's what I hear, ahem. Anyway somebody calls something out of over 1200 songs I've never heard of in one of those books and it's like, what is this one and the answer is play it like Song For My Father and give me a latin feel vamp using the last the last 4 and I'll cue the head. Ok boss, I just work here. Usually after it gets going I'll recognize it and pick it up but there's some stuff in those books I guarantee that neither you or I never heard of, don't recognize anything about it and it's called use your ears and fake it. Hence the name.

Bob

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