The repertoire of a *good* big band ranges from klezmer to tango, passing through the entire output of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Noel Coward and Xavier Cugat on the way! It shouldn't begin and end with String of Pearls, Woodchopper's Ball and Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy ... but of course it often does because those are the tunes today's listeners recognize.

I wonder if, 60 years from now, a typical rock band will play three Beatles songs and a heavy metal medly?