I don’t properly remember the genesis of this tune, except that I wrote it in 1994 (with some modifications somewhat later). The form on this recording is ABCA (the C section is for blowing): the few times I actually performed this had an extended form as ABCAB [: solo : AB :] ABCA, with solos over some modal 8-bar batches (8 bars of a min7 chord, down a whole step each time, except down a half step to a 7#9 chord for the last 8). I’m not entirely settled on that and will revisit it when I’m in a position to play it with a group again. For that reason, the lead sheet is still a work in progress.

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The tune is named rather arbitrarily: I always liked the name Actual Size for a band; and as I never actually put a band together called that, naming a tune thus was the next best thing.

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