[Dixielandjazz] Learning Music as a Profession

[Mike]

Thanks Steve. I promise you that I'll never give up. I'd rather 
be happy struggling financially with something I enjoy than 
living on easy street with something I hate.

Long live Jazz (be it OKOM, bop, free, or otherwise!)

Mike


Steve Barbone wrote:

> 
> Blue Hair: "You play wonderfully. What are your future ambitions?"
> 
> Piano: "Just to play better jazz."
> 
> Blue Hair: "Oh, you must want to progress. Don't you want to be a band
> leader like Paul Whiteman or Lester Lanin?"
> 
> Piano: "No I just want to improve my jazz skills and maybe write a song or
> too for my playing enjoyment."
> 
> The gal really had a hard time with that.
> 
> The pianist? Well he moved to California the following year. Wrote a few
> songs and has never looked  back. He is Dave Frishberg.
> 
> Hell of a jazz pianist too.
> 
> I wish you the same good fortune.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone