[Dixielandjazz] Unhappy musicians

[Marek Boym]

Don't take it to heart, Nancy!  After all, the heart is not a garbage
can.  Just carry on and let the detractors spread their venom - I do
not suppose it will poison anyone.
Carry on the good work!
With kindest regards

On 22 May 2011 23:21, Nancy Giffin <nancyink1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am beginning to lose patience.
>
> It is a shame that certain musicians who are unhappy about who gets
> hired and who doesn't (for lack of understanding the big picture of a
> festival) feel the need to badmouth the festival and trash-talk it to
> so many people who would otherwise greatly enjoy the entire event.
> There has been mail coming in from people who have spoken to a Bay
> Area musician who claims Sacramento didn't hire any Bay Area
> musicians, therefore people from the Bay Area should not attend.
>
> First of all, it's important to note that it was not possible to hire
> Bob Schulz' Frisco JB or Golden Gate Rhythm Machine because Bob Schulz
> is a solo Guest Artist this year. Also, some of the musicians in those
> bands are playing with another band. Jim Maihack and Ray Templin are
> with the St. Louis Rivermen.  Hal Smith has his own band (Hal Smith's
> Int'l Sextet) and Kim Cusack is playing with him.  Ray Skjelbred was
> originally supposed to be with the Ale Stars, but that later fell
> through.  Jim Rothermel, God rest his soul, was not well.  The
> schedulers cannot work a complex schedule of 420 sets to accommodate
> all the scattered musicians that play in different bands. There are
> some exceptions, and always with good reason.
>
> 2011 bands and musicians from the Bay Area that will be in Sac.:
>
> Natural Gas Jazz Band
> Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
> Big Mama Sue Quartet (Santa Cruz)
> Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums
> Stompy Jones
> The California Honeydrops
> Tom Rigney & Flambeau
> Gator Beat (Sonoma)
> The Delta Wires
>
> There was no devious intent to omit Bay Area bands, and for one of the
> disgruntled musicians to turn people away from the Sac. Jazz Festival
> & Jubilee does not serve jazz nor the fans, only the individual.
>
> As previously stated, we're in a recession. Smaller budget means
> smaller festival and fewer spots to fill, so fewer bands. There can be
> no NEW music, which fans scream for above all else, without rotating
> out some other bands.  Just the facts.
>
> It's a small community, and one might be wise to remember this before
> they spread misinformation in order to unfairly sabotoge one of the
> only festivals that hires a large amount of OKOM, even if it's in
> addition to a lot of other music (76 bands).
>
> As they say nowadays on Internet lists, "Don't let the haters and the
> trolls get to you."
>
> I'm very busy and have to get back to working for the festival now.
>
> -- Nancy
>
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