On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Derek Lane-Smith wrote:
> | It seems to me that abc is an ideal format for building a library of New
> | Orleans Jazz standards. Does anyone know of such a database? Or of one in
> | some other format that is accessible, and that can be converted to abc?
>
> Y'know, I've gotten a number of email messages from jazz musicians
> wondering the same thing. What I tell them is that I agree; jazz
> musicians usually like fake books, and abc is a good tool for that.
> With the w: lines, it's nearly ideal. I also tell them that I don't
> know of any abc jazz sites, this is an ideal opportunity for them to
> be pioneers and start one, and they should send me the URL as soon as
> they have a few tunes online. So far I haven't heard back from them.
And one of them is me! What stalled me is the issue of copyright. I would
not have an official collection of abc's on my sitespace without that in
place.
>
> So how'd you like to be the pioneer? Pick a dozen or so standards,
> type them up, and send me the URL.
>
I have more than a dozen that are ready, including the scripts to generate
a tar-ball + .pdf-formats of the songbook in concert-key, Bb and Eb.
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Atte André Jensen
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