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In Reply to: RE: So what is the state of jazz these days in America? posted by free.ranger on April 17, 2016 at 20:00:45
...in the SF Chronicle today, there is sure a lot of it going on.
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That's very tough.
Once the big band/swing era ended - and it didn't last very long - most
so-called jazz musicians could not and did not make a living playing
their ax. The ones who did were players like Louis Armstrong and Ella
Fitzgerald whose very name on the bill made people want to show up where
they were playing. They commanded premium dollar. A lot of other guys,
like Benny Carter and Harry Edison, to name only two, made good to
great money doing studio work - commercials, backing rock acts, etc.,
etc. But the majority had to have a "day job" because there was no great
demand for their services, the big bands having gone the way of the
dinosaur. Very few big bands survived into the 50s and beyond, Ellington
and Basie and Kenton being the only one I can think of immediately.
So I don't think much has changed. The few will do well, the rest will
scuffle.
(Everyone's employability would greatly increase if jazz became a more
accessible form of music, but that's a topic for another time).
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