Well here it is International Jazz Day. It comes around every year on April 30. Now whereas many venues (see previous post) and the jazz media give it their full support it is inevitably ignored by the national press. Has anyone found a reference to it in their Sunday paper? I haven't but, then again, you don't don't get much culture in the Sunday Sport (you don't get much sport either!).
Tomorrow (May 1) is International Labour Day which may well be recognised by the nationals and, as such, by neglect of the previous 'International Day', possibly infers that musicians aren't workers when in actual fact most musicians work much harder than your average nine to fiver. When they're not gigging they're practising, composing, arranging or teaching. Lance
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