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I cannot to this day state with any conviction that the
lesser primates are qualified for employment in an
American jazz band.

Suzanne, please do whatever you think best with these
afterwords. I shall close this unsolicited elegy with
a restatement of my abiding conviction that, and to wit:

Among all classes and all professions of human endeavor
with which I have been associated in my lifetime,
professional jazz musicians are the most gregarious,
enjoyable, and generous of all God's children.

Thank you for your patience.

/s/