For the past couple of months, OffBeat has posted a survey on our website, just to get an idea of what our readers like, their opinions on political matters related to music, how they use information and more.
Last week, we polled our readers and asked them “If you had one night to experience music in New Orleans, what kind of music would you go listen to?”
I thought that we’d get a lot of funk, brass band, and rock and maybe blues, but to my surprise, trad jazz topped the list.
I’ve thought about this for the past couple of days and wonder if perhaps the clubs in the city are missing the boat when it comes to offering more “jazz” on their menus.
Tuba Skinny on Royal Street (Photo: playing-traditional-jazz.blogspot.com)
When I think trad jazz, I don’t think Preservation Hall, or a Dixieland band (well, okay, maybe I do think P-Hall a little..), I think about some of the younger bands, like Panorama, or Tuba Skinny. I think there’s a lot more room for those kinds of bands on club “menus” these days. It certainly couldn’t hurt if the Bourbon Street bars added a bit more music of this variety to their menus (cover bands unfortunately didn’t fare too well on this list, and goodness knows there are a ton of cover bands on Bourbon).
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, and it appears that there are more lovers of the music than I perceived. Bring it on!
Take this week’s OffBeat survey here.
