| That always seems to be the rub: do you satisfy the audience, or satisfy the players?
The Big Band that I play for has a situation going where it seems like we play the same stuff over and over and over and overandoverandover....again. Tunes like:
Begin The Beguine
Satin Doll
Take the A Train
Moonligh Serenade
In The Mood
Little Brown Jug
Pennsylvania 6-5000
American Patrol
etc
There are complaints within the band that we are getting tired of playing these same, old, worn out tunes, and there is a movement to try to get some other more interesting stuff in the book. (Bill Potts arrangements come to mind.)
But the problem lies in the fact that while we as musicians might consider those same tunes to be worn out and boring, it's those very tunes that are what get us hired to play the gig in the first place. I wonder if the same thing is going on with Schwartz in Liverpoole? |