Hi Walter,

I wasn't aware Artie Shaw was still living. So many of his contemporaries are gone. All of them wrote and played wonderful music. I know time marches on relentlessly and musical tastes change with the times, but I wish the Artie Shaws of yesteryear were still writing and performing. I much prefer their music to the "noise pollution" masquerading as music on the hit parades today. A person wrote a letter to "Ceefax" about a year ago I guess. He said today's so-called "pop stars" produce nothing but noise and use microphones to amplify the paucity of their vocal talent. That may be a bit harsh but it has a ring of truth to it. Thank goodness we have vinyls, tapes, and CD's so that we can still hear and appreciate the wonderful voices and talents of the Sarah Vaughns, Ella Fitzgeralds, Frank Sinatras, Tony Bennetts et al. Thanks for responding, Walter. Take care.

Chuck