I'll take a different approach on this one ... I think many of the younger players are still full of the dreams of 'making it' and are willing to play their music in smokey dance clubs and bars, and since they're playing with others, don't need arranger kb's .... We more experienced (dare I say older??? ) players are looking to satisfy our egos and the 'ham' in us (and there's nothing wrong with that) and make a few bucks by playing in 'nicer' venues, and since the market often doesn't allow for more than one or two players, we are the arranger kb players...
Onthe subject of young players, I was watching the 'TODAY' show last week and saw this 'new star' by the name of Michael Buble ... He sings standards and jazz tunes and the songs of Sinatra, Van
Morrison (Moondance), Tony Bennet and the like. .... he had a 5 - 6 piece group with him and he said the average age of the group was about 22 years !!! .... So some of the young players are ito great music...
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