[Dixielandjazz] Jazz In NYC

[Robert Ringwald]

Is Jazz (OKOM) coming back in NYC?  

Naw.  Some of the gigs mentioned have been there for years.  Others come and go.  

Note that there are no bands playing OKOM 5 or 6-nights a week like in the old days.  

As someone mentioned, when I used to go to NYC in the early 80s, the new Condon's was going strong 6, maybe 7 nights a week.  And right down the street was the other Jazz Joint.  

Let's face it folks.  While there are some Swing Dances around, we play them out here on the left coast, the steady gigs, ones that you can make a living at are just not there any longer.  

Sure, some of the guys in NY work pretty steady.  But they free-lance all over the place just waiting for a profitable tour or that one gig a year that pays very well.  
A lot of the guys are really scrambling, playing for $50 a night just to keep their chops up for that special concert or tour of Europe.  

When I started playing OKOM, the Jazz age was 30 years away.  Now it is 90 years away.  We are playing museum music.  
       
It will never come back.  


--Bob Ringwald
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