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Originally Posted by Venturion  Got a possible sub gig coming up, but it is with a rock/clubdate band, not my usual thing at all. They have no charts, and while the material is somewhat familiar (being the ubiquitous pop/top40 stuff we've probably all heard forever on radio), I've never played it, except for some Wilson Pickett / James Brown (r.i.p.) stuff when I was in rock band during High School 30 years ago.
Anyway, here is a list that the guitarist forwarded to me. I don't have any of this on CDs, no music books on this material. (I've managed to stay mainly in the jazz area and some "classical" for most of my playing career. I count myself lucky.) BUT, I can see that to be a more rounded player, I should be familiar with this whole genre of music. Memorized, no less.
Problem is, I don't know if I can get up to speed on all this material in time for the gig. Hate to say "no" to a job.
In any case, I'd still like to get to know this material and if there is an efficient way to get parts or charts without spending a fortune on CDs and transcribing for days on end. And this is only the tip of the iceberg, I reckon.
Life is too short. Any suggestions? Any compendia or horn-chart fake books anyone knows about?
Many thanks,
-- Venturion
P.S. Do you think trumpeters of the year 2307 will regard the horn lines to this stuff with the same careful veneration that we bring to the Brandenburg 2 or Joy Spring?
The List:
Miss You - The Stones
Mustang Sally - Commitments
Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins/Messina
Wild Nights - Mellencamp
Black Magic Women - Santana
Oye Como Va - Santana
Let's Dance - David Bowie
What I Like About You - Romantics
ROCK in the USA - Mellencamp
Jenny 8675309 - Tommy TuTone
Domino - Van Morrison
Easy - The Commodores
Get Ready - Temptations
Aint Too Proud to Beg - Temptations
Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
I Feel Good - James Brown
My Girl - Temptations
Can't Get Next to You - Temptations
Set 2 Artist
Start Me Up - The Stones
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
Dance to the Music - Sly a Stone
Brick House - Commodores
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
This Love - Maroon5
Walk This Way - AeroSmith
Saw Her Standing - There Beatles
Twist and Shout - Beatles
Brown Sugar - The Stones
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Sknard
Road House Blues - The Doors
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart
Set 3 Artist
Shotgun - Funk Brothers
Hold On I'm Coming - Sam and Dave
Sex Machine/Fire - James Brown
Soul Man - Blues Brothers
Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Picket
Shout - Otis Day Kights
Do You Love Me - The Contours
10th Avenue Freeze Out - Bruce Springsteen
Signed Sealed Delivered - Michael McDonald
Knock on Wood - Wilson Picket
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - 4 Tops
Runaround - Blues Traveler
I Shot the Sheriff - Marley/Clapton
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton |
That seems like an awful lot of songs for one night, just do the math!
Is there another horn player on the gig that knows the book? Do they at least have a full time sax player?
As someone else asked above, how long do you have to prepare?
Do they at least have some board tapes laying around?
Having never played most of this material as you stated I would think without charts or some sort of map it would take you a month of daily over and over practicing to even memorize all of this material...
You do have to ask yourself a few questions... Is the time and effort having to spend countless hours worth one club date. Forget the money, I can almost predict that you won't be compensated nearly enough for all the work you'll have to do just for one night. Is this a good band with a potential for future work for you? Maybe they just want you to be familiar enough with the tune that you can plug your own parts when you see fit... That would the deal!
Tough spot to be in for sure...
Good Luck!
Regards,
Tony G