Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough.
As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.
You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way.
Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.
Of the newer people I would like to display to the public, I find it almost impossible to get them to agree to the jam session form.