Art Bailey ❌👑

@artbailey.bsky.social

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www.heyartbailey.com New quintet! https://www.youtube.com/@heyartbailey New album! https://baltoexclamationpoint.bandcamp.com/album/clownmower-ii I play piano, organ, write and arrange music, sometimes get asked to blow through brass tubing in public.

GIG! GIG! GIG! Hitting at the legendary Deer Head Inn, July 5, 5pm. Miles Davis 100th Celebration with the Chris Rogers Quintet. $20 admission, $20 minimum.
three owls on the trail cam vibing you
Arthur's Tavern ca. 1984
Since this is new, it will be tip-based Tip-based, meaning that the musicians you hire will depend on tips to get paid? I realize you simply shot this email out to anyone who ever sent you materials, without regard to how far away from Croton-on-Hudson they live. It would involve a minimum of 3 hours of driving for me, total. Plus tolls. Gas is nearly $5 a gallon now. Then I'm expected to hope that enough rich people want to cough up enough nickels to cover my expenses? On a Saturday, the most lucrative night of the week, to boot? This is offensive. Even if I lived next door, it would still be offensive. I took a look at your menu. No couple is getting out of your brunch without dropping over $125. The median income for a family in Croton-on-Hudson is over 250K. I'm sure you can find a couple hundred bucks to throw to the musicians. Will you be getting paid a salary, or will you be begging for tips? Will the waitstaff be getting paid a wage, or will their pay be "tip-based" since this is new? And, how do those two things equate? After it's not new, will you be paying musicians? If the answer to the two questions above is "yes, the waitstaff and I are being paid a wage", why would you shaft artists? And I don't mean amateurs who are hungry for attention and willing to work for nothing, I mean trained professionals with many years experience. Professionals who depend on music for their livelihood. If you want substandard music for your brunch, you're setting yourself up to get just that. Music is a profession. Pay musicians. Art Bailey
Hey Easton! Come on out to the best jazz bar in town for a night of great music. Art Bailey Quintet, Friday Mar 6 9-12. No cover, fine libations. Hope to see you there!
Photo of Lafayette Bar in Easton PA
Delivery tag tucked away in an unassuming Weber upright piano, sold to Annie Ross on 6/4/98
Gig poster for Dan Wilkins Quintet, depicting 5 very handsome fellas who will swing you into bad health.
Older-than-dirt Zenith clock radio
UA CEO Scott Kirby's personal email to little old me that it's perfectly safe to fly out of Newark. Nothing to worry about.