buddy larsen
2010-02-06 07:34:51
(all i ever heard about Yuri Andropov –granted i was young and oblivous –when he ascended to Premier, was “he likes western jazz”. One heard and read that everywhere, it was almost attached to his name, “Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov, who likes western jazz, today announced…(and so forth)”.
I recall, i always thought, “ah, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, this guy is A-OK, he won’t hurt us” –and then i’d turn the page and read something else.)
