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JAZZ, ETC.

(This is the second in a series of reminisces on Chicago style Jazz).

By S/sgt GEORGE Avakian

Boston music doesn't seem to have been particularly affected by the current heat wave. The Ken was left dank and dismal last Sunday afternoon, with not even Pete Brown showing up to relieve the monotony. Cab Calloway and the RKO stage shows. Louis Jordan at the Tis Tec, had a pretty good little hand back in the days of the Decco into six album, and even later than that is the days of "Knock Me A Kiss, and Mama, Mama Blues"; but now he's building up a reputation for having the biggest little comedy band in the country. And no matter how pleasant Deoley Wilson at the Mayfair and Arthur Fielder at the Pops may make "As Time Goes By," they don't play jazz.

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