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Tarik Abouzied: Happy Orchestra: Baba

Read "Happy Orchestra: Baba" reviewed by Paul Rauch


Go ahead, laugh it up. After all, how could you possibly take seriously a band called Happy Orchestra, that uses the classic yellow happy face as a logo in this visceral world of jazz we inhabit? How could this leader, a drummer in fact, produce music that is both danceable, and satisfying to the elite jazz audience, all the while throwing joy and humor into the mix? If you are indeed asking yourself questions such as these, then you don't ...

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Seattle's Live Music Business Model is Broken

Seattle's Live Music Business Model is Broken

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene

Drummer Tarik Abouzied has a post on his website entitled, “Seattle’s Live Music Business Model is Broken,” which he says, “is about informing the live music audience of the realities behind putting on these shows and what I see as an unsustainable situation, and trying to move past the usual finger-pointing and complaining so we can have a constructive, open discussion about what is fair and why.” From the post: Every few months the Seattle musician community erupts with outrage ...

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