[Dixielandjazz] Rebecca Kilgore interviewed - Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram, May 15, 2014

[Marek Boym]

Interesting stuff, but it omits one piece of important information - COST!
Young people will pay, often more than they can afford, for things they
know or which are a part ot the current "youth culture," but not for things
a bit mysterious and considered obsolete.  Events ivolving high costs will
not attract young people.  Only after they have been exposed to whatever it
is for a while and learnt to lie and appreciate it they will buy tickets.
Thus, there are much more young people at free events than paid events, and
the higher the price the lower theyoung component of the audience,
something everybody who tries to promote and perpetuate our kind of music
(or classical music, for that matter) should bear in mind.
Cheers


On 30 June 2014 06:15, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:

> Vocalist Rebecca Kilgore Keeps Hope Alive for Future of Jazz
> by Rich Lopez
> Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram, May 15, 2014
> As a high school teen in Massachusetts, Rebecca Kilgore stood out from her
> friends
> who all listened to rock. She discovered jazz. And she was hooked.
> "I became entranced," she said. "I taught myself to play guitar and sang
> those Ella
> Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday songs. I was a closet jazz performer until I
> joined
> my first band."
> Kilgore hopes today's generation has the same response to jazz.
> "Younger audiences aren't as familiar with jazz. It's a strange animal to
> them, but
> we try to show that there's a lot of joy in the music," she said.
> Kilgore joins a roster of 20 professional musicians at the 48th Annual
> Jazz Party
> Collaboration by the West Texas Jazz Society on today through Sunday. As
> the parties
> continue, she hopes for a new generation of attendees. If not, she fears
> traditions
> could fade away.
> "When I see younger people in the audience, that means the tradition will
> continue.
> Hooray! That says this is still a vibrant art form and not just tucked
> away," she
> said.
> Audiences can expect to see jazz musicians at their finest as the event is
> based
> on improvisations and collaborations. A music director will select members
> for trios
> and bands to perform. Their talents as both team players and artists are
> put to the
> test. Society board member Mark Lowe assures the result is far from any
> sort of musical
> chaos.
> "You'd think it wouldn't, but it always works out," Lowe said. "The main
> thing about
> this party is it's a chance to hear these great players in different
> settings and
> their interplay."
> What sounds like a daunting experience is nothing to Kilgore, who is no
> stranger
> to performing at the event.
> "Even though I don't know the schedule or with whom I'll be playing, I
> have an idea,"
> she said. "The good news is I know all the players and have sung before
> with them.
> I'm happy to say I've done this event for the last few years."
> Lowe adds that while many of the players like Bucky Pizzarelli, Johnny
> Varro and
> more are regulars to the event they also strive to keep the lineups fresh.
> "We have a lot of players come back every year but we inject some new
> blood to. We
> research who's out there and go to different parties around the country to
> get an
> idea," he said.
> Kilgore calls the event special and certainly hasn't lost hope that the
> tradition
> will continue. Where there's jazz, there should be the West Texas Jazz
> Society.
> "This is something really special and it's like seeing family and friends
> every year,"
> she said. "And I've seen an example of jazz continuing whether it's
> traditionally
> or an updated version of it. I'm not hopeless. I'm hopeful for it."
> -30
>
>
> -Bob Ringwald K6YBV
> www.ringwald.com
> 916/ 806-9551
>
> “My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.”
> --Rodney Dangerfield
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