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New York is great at what they do, but New Orleans is the undisputed capital of REAL jazz. I suggest you do your research.
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and no one can take away that title. However, the premier jazz artists since the '50s. That isn't to take away from New Orleans. It's really a question of Pops (Satchmo) vs. Davis.
From what I hear, the majority of gigs in NYC pay next to nothing. There are so many musicians there that if you don't take the gig for awful pay, there will be plenty of other people lined up behind you.
I know quite a few people who moved to NYC for jazz (mostly from Kansas City and most going to school) and the majority fairly quickly transitioned into performing other types of music as there are more opportunities to make a living.
KC has a great tradition - the scene isn't what it used to be but it is still fairly strong. If you want to get by focussing only on jazz, you might find it easier in a city like KC (a big part of that would also be the lower cost of living) although there will be more of a ceiling on what you could achieve with less big-time opportunities.
New York is great at what they do, but New Orleans is the undisputed capital of REAL jazz. I suggest you do your research.
New Orleans is surely the birth place of jazz, and still has a great scene like I said. I was just there playing jazz music a week ago, and I work at the village vanguard in ny. I have a pretty good idea what I'm talking about. In terms of sheer volume of musicians, from amateurs to world renowned artists, ny crushes any other city on earth. As someone else said, it means there are plenty of people willing to play for cheap/free. So it's not necessarily the best place to make a living.
New Orleans is surely the birth place of jazz, and still has a great scene like I said. I was just there playing jazz music a week ago, and I work at the village vanguard in ny. I have a pretty good idea what I'm talking about. In terms of sheer volume of musicians, from amateurs to world renowned artists, ny crushes any other city on earth. As someone else said, it means there are plenty of people willing to play for cheap/free. So it's not necessarily the best place to make a living.
That doesn't make it the capital, sorry. New Orleans jazz was born out of a thriving culture that is absent from NYC. It's about so much more than the music.
Again, New York is great at what they do, but it's not the real thing.
How is it not the real thing. Jazz is just a form, it doesn't have to stay in one place. Good rock is produced in the UK and the US for example. Jazz is very big in France, Montreux Jazz Festival is a huge event, bigger than anything in the U.S. including New Orleans, I've been to both Montreux and New Orleans as well as Chicago's and Montreux is easily better. Jazz is also huge in Quebec, the biggest jazz fest is in Montreal. Montreux's is also older than New Orleans.
How is it not the real thing. Jazz is just a form, it doesn't have to stay in one place. Good rock is produced in the UK and the US for example. Jazz is very big in France, Montreux Jazz Festival is a huge event, bigger than anything in the U.S. including New Orleans, I've been to both Montreux and New Orleans as well as Chicago's and Montreux is easily better. Jazz is also huge in Quebec, the biggest jazz fest is in Montreal. Montreux's is also older than New Orleans.
It doesn't matter. I'm not saying that New York's and Montreal's jazz scenes aren't great, but, hell, both cities are located more than 1,000 miles away from the very foundations of the sound. Being the capital requires a lot more than simply capitalizing on an art form that isn't even native to your city or its people.
I mean I'd go for it's the most authentic of the original sound, but sounds change and maybe OP plays in a certain style. I agree it's a different *type* of jazz in those cities also.
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