If No One Shows Up to Hear You Perform, Whose Fault Is It? Facing the Shrinking Jazz Audience and Owning Your Role in Filling the Seats Jazz: the word conjures images of smoky downtown rooms, tight-knit communities, and transcendent improvisation echoing late into the night. For decades, this music has been more than entertainment—it’s been a lifeblood for cities like New York, a bridge between cultures, and an incubator for some of the world’s most creative musicians. But the jazz world, lik...