Chicagoist: The New Jazz Showcase Really Swings

Thunderbelly

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:11:32 -0600

Well I agree for the most part with the annoying chatter factor. However some chatter is to be expected. I am sometimes more annoyed by the people telling people to shut up, then the people who are chatting quietly. People can talk, they paid what you paid. You want a completely quiet show, hire the band for a private show because thats the only way to guarantee that.

Rob Christopher

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:28:15 -0600

@ Kaonashi: for sure! I should have been a bit more clear in my post though: vocal encouragement and applause is of course permitted and encouraged (in fact, Benny was doing plenty of that himself up onstage). Inane conversations and ESPECIALLY cell phone chatter are not.

Kaonashi

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:23:21 -0600

Wow, If they are actively shutting people the hell up I'll try this place out. Nothing is more annoying than going to a small venue to hear live music and having assholes near you chattering loudly to each other/shouting on cellphones/etc.

Chuck Sudo

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:56:58 -0600

Segal's relaxed his booking policy in recent years, mainly out of economic necessity. Before the previous location closed he and his sons were booking vocalists (Segal's never been a fan of singers) because they often draw larger crowds than the instrumentalists.

Spook

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:54:11 -0600

I'm not blaming Segal per say, but the Jazz showcase is not what "jazz" is supposed to be about

Thunderbelly

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:51:19 -0600

The owner at Green Mill has been known to shush the crowd as well.