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Speaking of Jazz performances where only 20 people show up -- I was once at a performance where two of us showed up. The fantastic jazz bassist David Friesen was playing in a hotel bar one night. Apparently a friend and I were the only ones who heard about the performance. For most of the evening we were literally the only ones there.
Many musicians would have packed up and gone home. But Friesen gave a performance like he was playing at Carnegie Hall. In between sets he sat at our table and sipped on a glass of water and talked to us about the local jazz scene, his instrument, other musicians, etc. It was an unbelievable experience, and in my view David Friesen is not just a great musician but also a great person.
