Originally posted by cgiles:
There's no debate here, really, just choices. Either use the transpose button or learn to be facile in every key.
Yes, there is no debate, and no "either or" for some of us.
I still try to keep comfortable in every key, and still stay away from the Easy Fake Books, yet, sometimes, using the transposer, especially to transpose down a key during a tune, sounds really cool to me, not to mention it's appeal to my laziness.
Ian