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By JAMES NEIL MACDQXALD
Ya descend tut r tow (dtefiy Kigbted con
crete steps toward a dark eokced door. From
behind tbe dear jvw bear the sofit soaads of a
smsnpbone and a piano accompanied by the
tiany ring off a cymbal and the aoedhainacal
thaddjng f a base dram. Bianlwting and
iwuElling these ssands is the bora ff ccraSasaal
"coowersalian kept always ia a low tone- Yea
epea the door aind-the sounds increase. The
more penetrating, toossc serais to cdt a paSb.
tbrwigh the SramenM meases aral IM year
whole body where at sotmt&xm fiois a sympa
thetic chord ia year easettiaBS. Yoor eyes and
ears perceive a Goed of sesisataans. Yma anse
is teased and repulsed at the same tame by the
irnermtogted dors of beer, whiskey, amd Eqaear
which seem to be crystifflaaed ia the sray ban
tf smoke which fids ttbe nm
The bat-check girl, dressed in black with an
attractive Sac and a very prowemtive figure,
smites p3easanl as she ttatoe ycrar coat and hat
and returns yea a itambered check. Ye tara to
y&nr aett. and descend some snare stops, aiwatt
a dozen, cmshkmed with ttbe same tflbick, BBaroon
carpet which covers ttbe whote floor. Yew torn
to yonr right amd aaake your way ea be
' crowded tables to a small round ae
ttbe wall. M me motices jw as ytm ease into
the chair. Tbe tsSt&t has a wooden top amd is
supported by a monoid steel post a a largehase.
The dbair seems tie be anade firan one caaton
nts spring Steal rod except for the woedeB seat,
like those ifcand ia ice cream partes. Fmm
where yon are sifting you cam see atoost al off
Une sworn..
The nmusk has stopped; ttbe anstsksans are
Hating a short, break. Ya ttafce msH a (cagasnetae,
HicWt at, aad wictae fale fetae smoke towra
tihe stote air an tEront f yn bM at toaly d
ffases iiitj) ttihe sea 2 n- nrona wtosre ytw ane
siictjag ysa cam see oaarty tae wtc&: matm.
KarcBy a ffodt ff paoe ss waited to te smaffll
crihicile. Tables, strewn Hamaagfoaitt tihe imam,
aire surrounded Ssy ttswa. toee, weveml pre ctairs
as aatimattie jgnoqps owwd tkogettlhor. Eaffl roe
pale tcreem walL, yon mcttice, as debited to
bar. mlhidH is oaf a deep, dark matoogai ttteatt be
caroes atooSt bany witib tfhe resaectiiai f ttbe
TOd and siibdued we HigW stomg mit.
Tijare ame aly ix tLal dhairs beSane t18";
sinc soofa .of ttihe easterners ffureJsr AnnKnt !
a tU'ble. Vry Sew come bare aOooe, aad a
Kite music Urn fitamted again 3-011 win tejsrE wy
ErigM cabinets ateg ahewal ibeihmd
ttlhe bar disilay tfihekr oatenits ttfaraagli waal
setess panes. The cabinets ame anode on aa aaaaKy
tSu sK-le and would seem mare suited
ffr dspaaTtog fcnki-knadks in a Jew glad
home, tout somebow tBbey fit to here. P"
baps it 5s tibat itheir being ttt f ffftaoe (floeso
Smal Iluanesoertt 3temps an t2e cai,mftfe
tlifamugh tChe brown, fram, Wlue, aa crystal
rnKte Hignemr.. Eeftunfl tthe bar ttwo Bm
jacifcets aire busy pouring and stirring fllhe (flrcnfcs.
Ait .one end f the bar are fhree waitreEaes
l&pesm& an black TOKfarnHfireeses m-iffli wtotte
collar amd hwl wtote aprons. Two t em
bave tSairtk toir like aJhe batbeck girl and, seem
iin tllbe ireQectod mgM from ttihe bar asnea, inugM
nwen be ber sMers. The tfihird, a Ifttmae, as a
atttle flder tflian ttihe tdtbers, samewbane in bar
late HihMies. AH ittoee ara fwrJed anaatHaj)
and nnigM be afltresaes w-aiting an ttihe wugs
Sor ttheir ferclannes. The blanfle ttanns bar bead
to look aroand tChe roam and bar eyes aneat
yours, amd snddenly you irealize tfihat yone
een staring at bar.. A little ecmbairassed, yon
sglamoe back ttowarfl ttbe bEAandars, but some-,
bow yon imufSt lock at bar agaia. She iis mtftire
ttuming your aze as slie comes ftward 3'our
ttabla. & ceurse, she Itncws yi aa slaxing at
evenmi
jazz
ber hsA 3e is vsed to 3L She is pcrf ecEy sane
ef beraesffi asd oaEapSielbeily at ease, aiatoajgai be
tntws tnat nost of She sum an fdEtowiag emy
tasveaacxA f ber body. She carries baraeM Wst
"p modeL Tbea sbe is at your taUe w33b a ffieas
mt greeliE S to jtexsaittr-mxMsimsxg am
aar f eiSadiesicy amd seraaossess alcaig w2tSa tfihe
ftrieadlmess, amd yea waSae hal sbe is
tramp. As yoa ?we bar ywar sdar yoa see
fhift h m Mt beaaltaiBl wbea seea dase. Then
is sanwChiag bar ia ber lace wMch ttbe aaate-op
camffldt hide. The veins in ber baads and wrist
seem to be banly cmnaiaed by tfflae tea wtoite
jHnnJ and bar fingers display smsl scaurs and
irrpsrJartifins tthat reveal tbe bardMss irtekdi
sbe lias sees. As sbe leaves, ywa castdn aswstihar
gffimpse ff bar &ce efpecaa Chase emoltMm
Aess eyes. She IteetS ttfired, anSatodJy tamed amid
bared. i.
As yam eaatiaae locking awraciS tftie room,
y matace tbatt ttbere acne a visMe liglteng
fixammes, yet tthe vwm is seaaaebow affln i2Da-mmatefl-
Y cxamiEme ttihe $bdjwx jaromfl ttbe
waits assti yn diseewar ttihe searoes ff ttbe
ligM. On ttihe mal aie noea tanaad-eaved jtefits
tbe catbmets, tSsese are the oeily wfeite lights to
be seea ia the place.
As tbe waitress sets ywar drink before yen
ea the tab3e, the miasiciaos enter the rooia, e
beMaad the ether, to take their places a the
tdatform. Yea give ber a dcSELar bM aod she
pieces the chaasge a a small, brown plastic
dish which she leaves on the tahSe. Ia a few
laimrtes she wffl come hack to ywar table, aad
whatever chamge is left ess fibe dish will he her
tap. Ya reflect a bat oa the iaaterestaig psyebci
ogy beiMDd this method ef tsppsag. If yea re
BMve a&y f the change from the dish yna will
oaaaebow feel a Effle cheap. Too wfiB feel as
if yoa were taScio rooaey from he ceElertiao
plate at charch, or at least as if yea were pack
iajg sb chaevge vat the sottter. -
The imasjcSaias are taming their habroraeMs
iKr. or perhaps they are jusst lossexuog nap.
The saxophonist moistens his reed anad prodmces
a few snbdmed taoescp and dswia the scale. Of
all iDStanmeBSs the teainniing brass saxcboae
is pnohahJy the ooast necessary ia a jazz combo.
The very appearance of the iofSjaraent sibadded
with ivory keys froaa top to bottom, its grace
fl cinrved body CLarstg m& m a jglMemisg bel,
HenSs aa atmohere mihidh is sewght by . these
jazz esperimeiiaters. It cam sotnoui dymaimac aad
straiaied or, when played soMy at a tow pitdb,
tosonnici, almost like aa oboe. To the IdSt of the
saxqpboiEiiistt, who is obvosmsF the Header of the
casmibov amd ear the hack of the pJUSttonm sttaaads
tbe ptiaata, a baby gracad; amd the piamisit is
loasfsning cot Ms fingers by playxng soly a few
cbotrds. la tfcnaal of him is the giiaJLarisa, wha is
sga3it!ting the hair of a tkme as he times a certaiia
sttraif. If there is osne ttiiiug whiidb these man al
bave in cwmom it is iheir shitty to disoara the
shgMest impazrity in a ntskal tiome. Oa the
t&$& side off the pllailf laram in back is the pencms
sicmistt, whs is alsa ftoBStfaaiitg aqp ita the tt
amune drmcas in ffipoiril of Mm anti the cymUkil
ait bis side whale be ckoca&kimaiiSy ttisKiEps the
bass tat Ha the fter w"lih the tot pedal. Yoa
BU&ice that be is mod maing stikks sMaatiikiiEg &ec
Mdh be has vary BUe use but brushes uriah
stifiT wine stramds similiir tto a ml Mk
bncnu. SffliD!UraE be siLides tthanu aiTiimad in
$lw circles making a (tifaliiffiiikcius srand vary
tcBuA Mse a sotftt spriiaig raiin falLiing mm a tin
mal'.. Than in ffromtt i& Mm amd mA far ifrccm the
sicKiqpihtnxist is a fiftiiai daxikPCUBjxk.iaoQfifl aoaa
gefltliy p!knckiD the strings on a bass, fiddle. The
shiny, dark-fenOTii airnish ion this Mstattmaieiit
seenas to anukapale the low, quite amcfttottSiive
soumd Mch rcsoniilies ttumQ iitts lare, hulliw
body.
Jaiaes Kefl MacDonaU is a ai Omnium,
fraraSemd ben hwm Oaaaha rafrwn3ry where
be anajared ia eg3ring. Sv a EngS Baa
.3r ia Arts ami Statm, bt miS V graaal.d neii
gmnHfti tie is present edilr of (The CAM Xews
Cran, Sec QKafeaegleTs IndepeatdaDt wewspa
yer. Macftam&li ftlaxts to da -ateaae wrt and
ovnaie wraitRg.
sipurited by wTOgbt-aman bracSaetE, and ihufldan
m'iUun these plants are the small red and blue
flights wludh pervade he smiike amd caslt their
faint iglow- The airily directed ttgM setans to be
cm tfhe llIlskiiaIlS, platianm, amd tflns comes
from ttwe small moofflaghts m itenSar pcts am
either side f (Che filaSaria. Btciept far ione
rmmKfimtt mgH bciUiad the hur and throe an
The sounds stiinp bmw, aatamsntifflirdily,
Bira'Hra3iin iin the mainn diffliiiiiQiisbes tti naoilihimg.
Tbe panoitsfiionM bmeaks the sfflente with Bods
tannsbes, slwully sSiding wae atraiumd tthe drassE
bead winUe he aooenits the rhyltihxm iil tflae (eflih
er sh--cha, jh-sh-eha, sh-iiHtasta., sh-sh-cha
ffanr beats. Amd then the (Others join ia. The saxo
phone carries the mmelafls', the piaan and the
jguttar tEJmiar ttihe sumglle motttes ttiie sjaampijenare
with chords prwiSmg Jharaaoiiy, aend the bass
bridges ttbe gap between perxinesiian amd amnasic.
They begin slowly with an eaj' jrhjittam ttihaffl
ancwes 3'citir ffooft in .sympathy; howewcr,, mo oaae
shcMA's a-ny iiulmaticm to danue. Jazz its a tt?ie
(Of aootiBic which is to Iks Siisttened to amd thought
ahocft ibiit autt danced tto. It is amusiic Sr the
sauke (Of imssic. lit diers as auudb Snono sw-ing m
mock and roll as the poetry itxf Eea!t.s dMsrs
intun !neettng card verse. Out camnttt uEy ap
ptnecialie azz azntl be sees it being played amd
sees the intense conoeatnation n the moskiaiis
as tthes' seem to Seal as wall as play each muttv
Tnue jiazz comes Sawm the amoiitwEts ttf ttbe plajw
and us ttraaiil, by hkn into anatfiiic Si camuxt
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