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In Reply to: San Francisco did not have a major jazz club for decades posted by mwhitmore on March 21, 2011 at 08:16:38:
I think that depends on what you consider "major" and what you consider "jazz." Places like Jazz at Pearl's were open throughout that period, but I guess that wasn't big enough to be "major," since they generally presented local musicians. And places like the Elbo Room, which is bigger than Yoshi's, presented a lot of "acid jazz" stuff during the '90s (as well as some straightahead jazz groups like Black Note). And there have been lots of others that came and went over the course of a year or two.
And then there's the SFJazz Festival, probably the best ongoing presenter of jazz outside of NYC, which has presented pretty much any artist you can name in venues around the city for at least 20 years. I guess they don't count as a "major club" since they use places like Herbst Theater, but that's going to change as they're in the process of building their own venue.
But... yeah. The live music biz as a whole has been shrinking over the course three decades or so. There aren't as many jazz clubs, but then there aren't as many rock clubs, or blues clubs, or folk clubs, either. A friend of mine puts it down to the tougher drunk driving laws: you can't really go out and have a few drinks, catch some music, and then drive home anymore, which is a good thing, I suppose. I think that's a factor, and a big factor in some areas, but I also think it's technology: computers and home entertainment centers. People would rather stay home and look at flickering screens. It's especially bad for jazz, because the only way to practice the art form is to play, play, play in live situations, and those situations are few and far between these days.
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Follow Ups
- Well, that depends. - M. Lucky 08:57:56 03/21/11 (2)
- By 'major', I was refering - mwhitmore 16:42:16 03/21/11 (0)
- The SFJazz Festival has swallowed up many of the acts... - musetap 14:04:29 03/21/11 (0)
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