Singer
The gig was just about ready to start when the band leader called the female singer over and said:
"Listen, tonight we're going to begin the set with 'April in Paris', but I want to do it a little differently. We'll start in the key of G for the first four bars, then modulate to B-flat for the next eight bars, change the meter to 3/4 for six bars, then pick up the tempo to Allegro for twelve bars, then modulate to F-sharp for eight bars, change the meter back to 4/4 and slow down to Rubato for four bars, play a tacet for four bars, modulate up to D-flat for eight bars..."
"HEY, HOLD ON!" the girl said. "I can't do stuff like that without rehearsal!"
He said, "Why not? You've been doing it all week long!"
Posted September 08, 2001