Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2017-08-24 22:12
Seabreeze,
Thanks for the other book recommendations!
Tim Laughlin relates stories similar to Pete's - where Tim would actually sit outside the club to listen to Pete.
I know a handful of the kids trying to follow "trad" jazz in New Orleans. Even today they have a difficult time finding avenues into "trad". The older musicians all seem eager to embrace them, but the venues almost all prohibit kids. The good news is that three of the kids I know have "made it" in the scene down there...two playing their own regularly-scheduled gigs (now that they are the appropriate age to get into the clubs), and the other one is well into her music education in college.
I've heard tales from (and even experienced) kids currently growing up in New Orleans, being kicked out of some venue or another, only to stand in the doorway - just outside the venue - to play with the band.
There's a Trad Jazz Camp in New Orleans, and it offers scholarships for kids to attend the otherwise adults-only camp. It seems that many of the serious kids apply to attend NOCCA, but I think most of that education is centered around modern jazz...I've never been sure though.
Busking tends to be looked down upon by many "legit" players, but it's nice that it's out there where the kids can legally see/hear/participate.
Fuzzy
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