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When you do High School Band, College or what ever. Nothing, I mean nothing, is written for horns in E, A, not much D, no body not even strumming guitar players delight playing anything in B, or F#. LOL!

Those keys call for all of the accidental notes on saxes, oboes, clarinet etc. which are all of the extra side keys on these instrument. I played my share in E, and A with guitar bands. But all of the groups with a pianist played in the key of C, F, G, Bb, Db, Eb Ab keys etc.

I haven't heard a blues chart yet in over 50 years around music, played in A or E, by Getz, Dexter Rollins nor Coltrane ever.

Let's just say that those keys are not natural nor conducive to improvisation on wind blowing instruments. Of course just doing Dada Dada Da can be played buy any decent horn player in any key. It would be comparable to a guitar player just strumming 2 or 3 chords in E, A or any key. No problem at all!

That's why rythmn guitar players can play in any key, maybe? At least the good ones. They have no right complaing about a horn player's gripping about not wanting to solo in the key of A or E.

Rhythm guys can't even play twinkle little star in any key, let alone improvising in different keys all over the place. Ha Ha.

Not being able to improvise even a little bit is beyond my comprehension. To me it would be like getting in the water for 50 years and not being able to swim.

I adamantly say dogmatically beyond a shadow of a doubt that the overwhelming problem lies in LAZINESS, or perhaps an extreme shallow closed mind.

Anybody have the secret answer? Share it with us would you?

I am speaking my mind in general. I'm not speaking of anyone personally. I don't know what anyone here can do with a few exceptions, and those exceptions know that I'm not picking on them. So, don't anyone get their feathers rumpled, OK?