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by **rek** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:41 am

The weekly wednesday jazz jam at the Concourse has died after 8 years.
Patrick Briener, the sax player, posts his thoughts here:

http://www.madisonjazz.wordpress.com

by **diaper daniels** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:18 pm

Who kilt it?

by **Stomach** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:33 pm

diaper daniels wrote:Who kilt it?

Scat singers

by **Velvet Coffin** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:37 pm

diaper daniels wrote:Who kilt it?

Colonel Mustard. In the conservatory. With a revolver.

by **charliedon'tsurf** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:53 pm

diaper daniels wrote:Who kilt it?

by **eriedasch** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:08 pm

I thought this was (a complaint?) about the Concourse jazz "jamming" Grateful Dead.

I'm sure no one else thought the same, but still pretty funny to me.

by **Bunny Chow** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:29 pm

smoking ban sucks

by **Ducatista** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:32 pm

What smoking ban?

by **Bunny Chow** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:37 pm

Ducatista wrote:What smoking ban?

The one that kills jazz jams.

by **Bigote** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:42 pm

No ban can kill a smoking jam.

by **david cohen** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:32 pm

Everyone knows Jazz is Dead;)

by **rek** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:09 pm

Jazz is very much alive. As Patrick points out in his comments, the place was packed every Wednesday but dead anytime there was no music.

Jazz is alive, but jazz venues are dying. We need some jazz lovers to open up venues.

It will all work out for the New Breed though, their crowd will follow them and someone will pick up the jam.

http://www.madisonjazz.wordpress.com

by **Michael Patrick** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:00 pm

Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.

by **dstol62** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:44 am

The Concourse Hotel recently sent a form letter to local musicians who played there, stating that they were making the change because live jazz scored low on a customer survey asking people to rate what they would prefer in a hotel bar experience. To my understanding, the hotel bar will be remodeled without a stage, and will include more televisions.

It goes without saying that if the hotel's former GM, Cal Worrell were still alive, the bar would still be a venue for local jazz, as the space was his personal brainchild. Without him, the venue has fallen victim to the hotel's corporate agenda.

Make no mistake, there are still a multitude of venues to regularly hear local jazz, including Restaurant Magnus, Samba Brazilian Grill, The downtown Hilton, and others that also present a variety of other styles.

To those who value local music, whatever the style, please continue to patronize your favorite live music venue, or it may also fall victim.

by **HeyZeus** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:44 pm

dstol62 wrote:The Concourse Hotel recently sent a form letter to local musicians who played there, stating that they were making the change because live jazz scored low on a customer survey asking people to rate what they would prefer in a hotel bar experience. To my understanding, the hotel bar will be remodeled without a stage, and will include more televisions.

It goes without saying that if the hotel's former GM, Cal Worrell were still alive, the bar would still be a venue for local jazz, as the space was his personal brainchild. Without him, the venue has fallen victim to the hotel's corporate agenda.

Make no mistake, there are still a multitude of venues to regularly hear local jazz, including Restaurant Magnus, Samba Brazilian Grill, The downtown Hilton, and others that also present a variety of other styles.

To those who value local music, whatever the style, please continue to patronize your favorite live music venue, or it may also fall victim.

So, bunny chow is wrong . . . it wasn't the smoking ban.