Tony that may be true ....but sadly look around at live venues today not an arranger in sight......somewhere along the line things are certainly changing for the next generation and who can blame them......us old timers used what we had and now the next generation is embracing the technology they can use that we didn't have ...
Nothing wrong with that but to try an pawn it off to them is fruitless in many ways out of stubbornness, reluctance to change, or whatever...
Trying to get the younger generation today to play arranger KB is almost as bad as trying to get them into accordion. For example the Grammy's are coming on TV and watching a commercial the other day hardly knew or ever heard of 95% of who was going to perform on the show.. We'll just have to accept the changes around us musically and either absorb what is useful for us and our needs or just block it all out put blinders on,and continue in you own musical world and enjoy playing the way you do which works for me ..