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It's LA guys. As an LA jazz musician I've talked about this before. There's probably a hundred thousand or more experienced, educated jazz players around here. The ones who are actually making a living are not doing it by playing in clubs. They're in the studios. There's a great little dinner place up in Studio City where top people play just to get their act together while recording their latest album. I don't know how much they make but I've been told not much considering who they are. It's just a paid rehearsal to help gauge crowd reaction just like Jay Leno does every month at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach. Ordinary average good players like me and my friends can't compete with that and all that leaves are the small local places that pay squat because they don't have to. They're hit up daily by people wanting to play.

Bob



There's a church in Eagle Rock/Pasadena area called Christian Assembly. In the worship band rotation there, at least in the past:

Abraham Laboriel
Alex Acuna
Justo Almario

The worship leader is Tommy Walker. I've been there. The place just rocks since they only sing songs that everyone knows - the whole place is the worship band. Stage area is smaller than most live music venues and clubs/bars - and you have that kind of talent worshiping at once, it's pretty amazing.

OK - that's for free in a dinky little church on a Sunday. So I believe jazzmammal when he says that the city is full of jazz cats.

-Scott

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