[Dixielandjazz] Strange Gigs

[Randy Fendrick]

on 8/12/02 8:23 AM, drjz at drjz@bealenet.com wrote:

> I played in a most unprofessional, scruffy trio on the streets of New
> York City - trumpet, guitar, and drums, snare and cymbal. We opened
> outside the IBM Building but were soon moved on by one of the guards.
> Thence to the bottom of Central Park where we made $19.00, which almost
> paid the parking fee, and 600 Italian lira. People were snapping
> pictures of these impoverished musicians, who were really a doctor, an
> architect, and a lawyer. On another occasion we were forced into the
> subway by rain and welcomed by the denizens of the underground, who make
> their home in the dark recesses of the subterranean system. Cheers.
> Fred
> 
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I like the story of Jack Sheldon who would regularly (or used to,) practice
at the Music Center.  He would set up with his trumpet and throw out a hat
and practice till his hearts content and take home profits.
later,

-Randy Fendrick- 
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Southside Chicago Seven