Attached is the dots for Shiny Stockings, concert Eb; Concert F is The Standards Real Book on page 371 It's usually played in concert Ab (i.e. when there's a trumpet player). You'll notice all the 9ths and 11ths, also there are some great unharmonised chromatic notes; it couldn't be mistaken for a Gershwin tune although it sounds just as logical.
I suggest playing it in your F in the upper register of the tenor. That's the PDF concert E-flat It would sound good on flute as well, but I don't know what key would be best. What I like about the tune is, it's good to practice on because it can generate ideas that you can use on ordinary tonic/dominant chords in any tune. The tempo is medium/medium slow swing.
I wonder if you're thinking about structure too much. Maybe read about Parker's breakthrough playing the upper intervals of the chords of Cherokee, which leads to non-structural thinking, opens up the harmonies to enable you to improvise more freely. Or read about Chet Baker, whose pianist said, he didn't need to know the tune or the chords, you'd just have to tell him the first note.
Steamboat's bandleader is Richard Elmes. If you're going to sit in, play tenor not flute, because at least three band members are always on the lookout for reed players who can play swing. Maybe think of impressing the band rather than the audience.
There's no easy way to learn a new tune; just keep running through it in your head. The problem with tunes like Tunisia is, the rest of the band has to know it. Bernie's is more useful because you can just hand the chords out; same for Ornithology, Au Privave, straight ahead stuff on well-known sequences.
I'm next at the Louis May 15th and June 19th. See you then?
April 16th
Sorry, maybe I confused you; I always use the concert key when stating the key of a piece. The dots are the tenor part (in F) that I use when playing it in concert Eb. It's interesting that you wondered if it is really in a major key because the melody uses very strong ninths very similar to those in 'My Favourite Things' where they are in a minor key, at least to start with. So, yes the key really is concert Eb (your F) and even though it demands a jaunty tempo it has a bluesy feel to it. Play it with a guitarist or pianist and I'm sure you'd feel how right the upper intervals and the chromatics sound.
Blue Monk would be fine (Malcom plays 'modern' trumpet in his quartet where we play stuff like Just Friends, Stella By Starlight, LadyBird). St Louis Blues would show your skills even better- more dramatic, 12-bar theme in F with an Fm tonic/dominant minor passage fore and aft. Just a suggestion,
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