Hi Tony, I don't mind the flatted keys too much, because, as you say, a lot of the standards were written in those keys.

When I played the restaurant, a few lady music teachers were sitting near my setup, and I could see them looking at one another in some sort of amazement as I transposed tunes several times during the performance, and I always did the transposition on a "turnaround" key, so it sounded very convincing.

Sometimes I would transpose down instead of up, which, actually sounds pretty cool in some instances.

I felt more like a "magician" than "musician" at that point. Smoke and mirrors...ha ha!

Ian