Actually, I get quite a bit of work where sight reading is required. Usually it's at the bottom of the pay scale and challenging as hell. There was a guitar player from Florence, Ky named Cal Collins (Google him. He died about five years ago, but was pretty well known world-wide in jazz circles) who would come in the area. He would play colleges or jazz events with no rehearsals. The charts were guidelines only, and every performance was a delight. Trading fours...modulations...tempo changes...everything was do=ne with a "shoot from the hip" attitude, and we pulled it off to everyone's great joy.

Others are jazz department heads at regional schools...a few big bands still working occasionally, etc.

FUN STUFF!


Russ