Me too AJ... ( IF I could keep up with those jazz cats! )I was talking about dance tunes, of course.
No self respecting jazzer would really use an arranger for that anyway. These tools are compromise-city, and while they are great for what there are.....we need to remind ourselves of what they will never be sometimes.
If we all had our "druthers" ...... none of us would be doing the arranger thing, would we??????
Tough question .............. sometimes I like not having any other input into the mix, and other times ..... I just hate these toy bands.
Catch 22.
Band members ..... can't live WITH 'em, can't shoot 'em.