[Dixielandjazz] Tight Little Island/Horses Mouth

[Bill Haesler]

Robert Smith wrote:
> Many years ago I belonged to a jazz record appreciation club. Most  
> of the time was spent discussing jazz records, but some of the time  
> was spent on other topics, mostly cultural such as films, books,  
> painters. In this way we all broadened our horizons and got to know  
> each other better. For my part I was introduced to George Orwell,  
> James Joyce, films such as Rashomon, the Seventh Seal, the Picasso  
> Mystery, and impressionist and post-impressionist painters.

Dear Bob,
Well said.
I became involved in the Melbourne (Australia) jazz scene when I was  
sixteen.
(I started work at fifteen just after WWII.)
It was exactly as you describe.
I had left school, so this world was a intimate part of my 'adult'  
education.
And still is, 62-years later.
8>)
Very kind regards,
Bill.
PS: Your forgot Ernest Hemingway, James Thurber and SJ Perelman.
  8>)