These days I don't have as big a repertoire as I had when I was gigging every week, so, in addition to tunes I know, when I play I keep a loose-leaf book with about 50-100 tunes that I like that I'm too lazy to remember or learn.
I HEAR THEM ALL CHORDS MOVIE
The only time we used music stands on a gig, with sheet music, was when we had special requests in advance for tunes we were unlikely to know, like movie themes or pop tunes. My bass player, Ed Fuqua, knew the changes to far more tunes than I, but he was easy to follow.
I HEAR THEM ALL CHORDS PROFESSIONAL
I found that most professional bass players can play just about anything. standard, and kind of important for everyone to know.
But jazz standards and Tin Pan Alley are pretty. There was a time when I played Joy Spring and Ceora often enough that they were memorized but I'm not working with those guys anymore and I'd need the book for it and I would want to be sure my rhythm section had the same changes as the book.Sure, there are plenty of jazz tunes in the Real Books that one rarely plays. We can all fake it for sessions but when it's a paying gig it needs to sound like everybody is on the same page.
There are a few bass players out there that get away without the books because they hear the chordal movment (if they're good) I don't know any melody players that have all the books memorized. I am a very experienced Jazz player and I hang out with very experienced jazz players. There was a time when I played Joy Spring and Ceora often enough that they were memorized but I'm not working with those guys anymore and I'd need the book for it and I would want to be sure my rhythm section had the same changes as the book. If one of us was not sure about the changes we just listened to each other. It really depends upon whom you're playing with.Įxperienced jazz players rarely need to have Real Books on hand in order to play standards, and we tend to agree on the "street changes" to tunes, regardless of what the Real Books say.
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