chas ... Providence RI has this 'event' called "Waterfire" http://www.waterfire.org/ ... At one location they have a "Jazz Stage" ... last year I saw a quartet - piano, bass, drums, sax - the OLDEST was 17 yrs old ... I told my wife those kids hadn't been BREATHING long enough to learn what they knew about music ... AMAZING ...
Fortunately, there are a lot of young, serious musicians out there ...
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