Adam Ray contributed this post as part of Amplify. Adam is a videographer and tenor sax player. Follow him on Instagram and like his Facebook Page!

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Jazz musicians in OKC are the homeless honey bees of the music scene. We get a little sweet jazz pollen here and there, but never a hive to come home to. I got my first taste of this jazz pollen at Maker’s Cigar Lounge in the early 2000s, then I’d hang at The Prohibition Room, then The Root. Sometimes Picasso would have a jam, as would Rococo. But the sweetness was quick and sparse. Many jazz clubs died out for various reasons, and several venues went back to the trusty ol‘ country drinking bands...