On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 02:39 PM, Ken Waxman wrote:
I've seen JZ two or three times, but only witnesseed the "blow up" once in the least concert hall-like of the venues.
Does this mean that more serious fans show up for JZ's "soft seat" shows?
I'm sure it does. Ticket prices alone will ensure that. I paid more to see one Masada set at the SF Jazz Festival (at the mindbendingly beautiful Temple Emanu-El) than two sets at Barristers in Memphisto. (Those sets didn't sell out in advance, and I'm willing to bet the two smokers were among the 10-15% of the crowd who paid at the door.) To be fair, the Temple Emanu-El concert included a John Schott set as well as Masada.
Or does it mean that like Mingus' tirades at the band and Miles turning his back on the audience, Zorn fans *expect* JZ to throw a (shit) fit during his concerts?
Does he look for the best opportunity to do so and the right person to direct it towards?
If I were a betting man, I'd put fifty on that proposition.
ain't sho-biz wonderful?
No. But like that other Z-guy said, "Music is the best." So we put up with a lot of crap, from both sides of the artist-audience divide. William Crump