Clowes agrees. “It just attracts the wrong attention. It’s not cool.”
The only people who need help are those who persist with the idea that a woman at a jazz gig can only possibly be there to sing, or to gaze dewy-eyed at her boyfriend on stage. Women instrumentalists, as Schneider puts it, are meanwhile quietly helping themselves — through hard work, determination, and sheer talent: “With women, maybe it’s like this. If you’re mediocre, you might have a tough time. If you’re really good, nobody can deny it.”
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