[Dixielandjazz] Re: Art & Jazz & Audience

[Steven Holzer]

A little bit of wistful self-pity and, I hope, a lot of tongue in cheek, 
Steve. The ability to command a healthy cover charge is hardly the best 
gauge of significance in art. It may only speak to the price that people 
will pay to satisfy idle curiosity. Audience impact should not be 
measured by what comes in the door so much as by what goes out the door 
with them. I have never heard Woody Allen play, so I can't say much 
about whether he deserves his audience or not.   I dare say that you 
could stack up your own musical accomplishments against his in any 
number of ways and come out on top. Nor would you be the only list 
member who could.

Steve Holzer

Stephen Barbone wrote:

>Put another way, Woody Allen has the largest audience of any OKOM clarinet player
>today. Especially live and on TV. At VERY high prices to hear him. At least a $50
>cover at the Carlyle Hotel in NYC, if not a $75 cover charge.
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>Thus, Woody's clarinet art rules and the rest of us OKOM clarinetists are pretty much
>insignificant, by audience comparison. ;-)
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