"Hmm, chetbaker doesn't play out of the same books I do"......
Dave...are you referring to "practice room " books or actual "lead" books you've played from a big band? In my statement I qualified what I said saying "95% of the big band books"......Sure...there are bands out there that have your "G-A's" written for the lead player...and I've worked with a few. BUT...IMHO that's the exception to the rule NOT the norm. Maybe in Texas you guys walk in to a different situation when playing with a big band and us east coast guys just have it real easy?!?
Butch