[Dixielandjazz] African-Americans in Jazz

[Bill Gunter]

Hi Tom and all,

>With all due respect folks,  there are plenty of Black musicians in Jazz, 
>you
>just can't find them in all white neighborhoods where no one will hire them
>because they might bring in more blacks to the establishments.  Yes, sorry
>folks but this situation does still exist in the USA.
>
>I saw at least five Black Jazz acts last weekend but I went to the Ghetto 
>in
>Oakland to see them where it was alive and well and every place was packed
>with people and some of them with a $10.00 cover charge and $7.00 drinks 
>with a
>two Drink minimum.  Same thing happens every weekend in San Francisco as 
>well.
>The players were between 23 and 50 years of age, I still call that young,
>especially for our business.

And they were all playing Trad and Dixieland, right? --

Remember, my comments were about booking dixieland bands for the "Sacramento 
Dixieland Jubilee."

Cheers,

Bill Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com

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