Don, it's a simple matter of preference. If I played ANY Buffet music I would be laughed out of the places I work.

I really can't stand it. My people want Four, What are you doing the rest of your life, Song for my Father, Here's that Rainy Day, When Sunny Gets Blue, Masquerade, Got to get You Into My Life, Moondance, Chicken Shack and the like.

I'm a specialist, not a generalist, and, in my opinion, Buffet music is "fluff". Now, if I were an entertainer, I'd play them all.

But I'm not, so what I have to do is leverage musicianship to a very small but loyal audience to compensate.

If I had to play what I consider fluff, I'd quit.

I actually played whatever I got paid for years ago. Had to. I don't anymore.

I have become the jazz standard bearer around here, and I'm proud to try to keep this wonderful music alive and available to the public. Have to. All the really good jazz players have either died or quit in disgust.

Jazz is a powereful, lifetime quest, and I am in awe of it's complexity and meaning on so many levels.

Russ