Sadly I have to agree with @gdaddy1. In the fifty-sixties, there were a bunch of clubs. And slowly one by one they closed. I believe we still have one jazz and one blues club left.
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The Musician Tariff
Listening to Heather Bambrick on Jazz.fm this morning I learned that the time to process a visa application for performers has doubled and that to get an expedited visa now costs $2,800, limiting the ability of musicians to schedule tours in the US.
I have such a hard time even finding a jazz club, learning that now we can’t even get musicians just makes me even sadder.