[Stirfry]

To answer your question about jazz in the US, unfortunately one of the better known jazz clubs in my city (Washington, D. C.), Bohemian Caverns, is closing as soon as their lease is up. Some of the greats have played there, and I have been fortunate to have attended a few shows there, but I guess jazz music, at least in the nations capital, is not economicslly viable. I think it truly is niche music in the US, and probably has been for sometime.