[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Audiences
Marek Boym
marekboym at gmail.com
Tue Feb 28 13:05:44 PST 2012
Even here in Israel a small contingent out of the New Orleans Function
has landed a steady, albeit bi-weekly, job in a Jaffa bar. The public
is mixed - young and old. It is not clear why the band's regular
dancing audience does not come - perhaps it will when it's less cold
(nothing like Pennsylvania, but cold for Tel-Aviv).
Cheers
>> As I've stated many times before, and I am sure that I have different
>> experiences from many on the list due to my elected home in Spain, we
>> don't
>> actually see "jazz audiences", nor do we seek them out. What we do have
>> are
>> audiences in general....people! People with smiling faces who go away
>> from
>> our concerts & gigs maybe thinking "I liked that", even without
>> necessarily
>> knowing details of what they heard.
>>
>> We are at a small downtown Madrid club at the moment for 9 nights.
>> Everynite, when we arrive, every single table is reserved...e
> Dear Jim:
>
> Most of us in the USA can only wish for the experiences you describe. We
> don't find steady gigs like that in clubs.
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