[JPL] All That Chinese Jazz

[Lazaro Vega]

"The Chairman saw jazz as a plaything of the elite, an accessory to
foreign imperialism and the antithesis to common Chinese culture..."

Talking to Willie Ruff once about jazz in China and mentioned Teddy
Weatherford as well as Buck Clayton as having played there. He just
glared and said something to the effect that it was played there but
with a sign on the door that prohibited regular Chinese people "and
dogs" from entering.

Lazaro Vega