Jazz Fan Writes Open Letter to Jazz Museum

Bill over at the new local jazz blog Plastic Sax has written an open letter to the new director of American Jazz Museum. More importantly, the new director of the AMJ should read it. I can’t believe they still haven’t fixed those damn display cases!

I think Bill’s onto something with that Sax Hero idea, but, at the same time, it is a little crazy. But why not? Sky’s the limit. It’s the American Jazz Museum. The museum of American jazz. Shouldn’t there be interactive exhibits and stuff? Shouldn’t there be things for kids to play with? Shouldn’t there be drugs available for you to take that will make you feel like you can play the drums really crazy and good like Gene Krupa, and then a Drugged-Up Drum Hero game for you to play — maybe like in a secret back room of the museum?

Hell, maybe that’s exactly what museum administration does all day. No, I’m not alleging anything — except that if they do take drugs and play drums all day, then I want to work there.

I’ve just been out in the heat a couple hours and need to lie down.

Speaking of which, it is still awfully hot outside. But listen up, kids. Don’t you go and put a frozen chicken in your shirt. Greater men than you have died from that sort of thing. Don’t fool around.