[NewMusic] The Saga Continues. . .

[Damon Smith]

I played that festival several years ago in an Eddie Gale band that had 
Prince Lasha and E.W. Wainright (sp?), what you say is true.  There is 
certainly a Black audience here - they do tend to come out to see black 
players, though.
The black musicians in our scene are great improvisors and nice people, 
it's your loss if you don't try to play with them.

The other side of the coin is that there are not a lot of younger black 
musicians getting involved, so most of them are senior players who want 
either $$ or a really good gig, and that is fair.
I think compiling a list of black players interested and willing to be 
in that festival and on that compilation.

Damon


On Jun 1, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Karen C. wrote:

> Before y'all declare the demise of the African-American jazz audience, 
> consider factoring in the class and neighborhood dynamics.  The 
> Malcolm X JazzArts festival on International Blvd last week had an 
> audience that was 90% African-American, at least when I was there. (Or 
> are those folks -- Billy Harper etc,  
> http://www.eastsideartsalliance.com -- not "cutting-edge"?)
>
> weasel walter <weaselw at juno.com> wrote: > Is the article pointing out 
> a symptom of a
>> larger trend where black music fans and young musicians are moving 
>> away
>
>> from jazz?
>
> this very well could be.
>
> ww
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