Sir,-In your issue of November 29, L. D. Austin aired more of his poisonous opinions on modern music. Now, sir. I would like to put a few queries to you. First: Who is L. D. Austin? Second: What right has he to damn jazz from hell to breakfast when he obviously knows so little about it? By jazz I mean sincere music with a steady rhythmic background, and improvised solos; not the commercialised schmaltz that is so often called by the same name.
McSNORRT
(Waipiata).
Sir,-I would like to reply in a few words to your Bing-Eddy writer about old-fashioned grown-ups not appreciating these grand singers. My family of three over twenty-one drop everything to listen when Bing comes on the air. And Nelson Eddy is a special favourite of an old-fashioned-
MOTHER
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 78, 20 December 1940, Page 4
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