[Dixielandjazz] Don't Get Around Much Anymore

[Stephen G Barbone]

All good things finally come to an end I guess. We old folks who love  
this music and the Cabaret scene just don't get
around much anymore. RIP, Algonquin Room, you had a good run.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband


By Stephen Holden, NY TIMES, Feb 2, 2012

End of a Cabaret Era: The Oak Room Is Closed for Good

After a 32-year run, the Oak Room, the fabled supper club and cabaret  
at the Algonquin Hotel on West 44th Street in Manhattan, will no  
longer operate when the hotel reopens in May after an extensive  
renovation, the Algonquin’s general manager, Gary J. Budge, announced  
on Thursday. He cited declining audiences in spite of “top-notch  
performers.”

In its three decades the Oak Room was the venue of choice for artists  
like Andrea Marcovicci, who celebrated her 25th season at the club at  
the end of last year, as well as Karen Akers, KT Sullivan, Sandy  
Stewart and Bill Charlap, Steve Ross, and Barbara Carroll, who  
established a successful Sunday jazz brunch series. The club also gave  
important exposure to younger performers like Maude Maggart and Emily  
Bergl.