Justice for Jazz Artists

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Jazz musicians playing in major New York City clubs are not guaranteed fair pay, do not receive healthcare benefits and often retire in poverty.

NYC’s Birdland, Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, the Iridium, the Jazz Standard and the Village Vanguard refuse to pay into a pension fund that would allow jazz artists to retire with dignity. Sign the petition below and tell the club owners to do right by the musicians who make them rich.

[muddylives]

That is a nice idea, assuming that these clubs really are rich and have money to spare. Might there not be a risk that some of them would stop featuring jazz or even shut down if they were made responsible for these kind of costs? We see that happening across the country even without such extra costs.

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Mar 25, 2013 11:22:00 GMT -5 muddylives said:

That is a nice idea, assuming that these clubs really are rich and have money to spare. Might there not be a risk that some of them would stop featuring jazz or even shut down if they were made responsible for these kind of costs? We see that happening across the country even without such extra costs.

I agree John. I don't know of any musicians that are getting all of the benefits the site is trying to obtain from the clubs. Heck, here in Virginia, musicians are lucky if they can get the "gate receipts", let alone some union scale and benefits. But perhaps this is a sign of things to come.