Although "my" generation of jazzmen are dead or dying off, there are many young musicians coming along. The audiences however, at least locally, for both trad & modern jazz and for blues are, for the most part, my generation. We've got all the records we need (my wife laughs cynically at the thought of me ever saying I don't need to buy any more!)so sales are dropping and lets face it, the mainstream record shops don't sell specialist music and specialist shops are disappearing. Even oldies are downloading.

RtS