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He replied....."They're not here to enjoy themselves....they're here to be listen to JAZZ!"
I retreated back behind my banjo! Regards, Joe G.




Yeah, this kind of attitude can be a problem. I know a bunch of jazz cats like that. I totally understand where they're coming from but it won't help them on a commercial gig unless it was specifically booked as a jazz gig. An example of that is a restaurant I play once or twice a month. It's already a thumping, rockin, urban disco at 10PM on the weekends and because of complaints from city council they specifically hire us to keep it down and just play jazz from 7 to 10 even if some in the crowd want to rock out. We can get a little loose with some jazz/rock for the last half hour or so but that's it. The pure jazz players we bring in love it.

Bob


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