Since the Soviet Government lists jazz music as "vulgar," "demoralizing," few good Communists have heard jazz orchestras. But tourists in Moscow may hear jazz at the tourist hotels. One of the best is at the Grand Hotel where Leader Alexander ("Sasha") Tsfasman, "Russia's Paul Whiteman," postures, stamps and waves his baton. His "Moscow Boys" blare out an acceptable version of jazz. Few Communists go to hear it.
One midnight last week "Russia's Paul
Whiteman" and his Moscow Boys were summoned to a meeting of the Moscow Workers Theatre Club. They were the...
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