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Show Jap Youth Succumbing to Syncopated Music Japanese jazz Is sweeping through (he Land of Ihe Itlsing Sun and the twanging samisen Is on the decline. Americans Just returned to Seattle report that "western" musical concerts, con-certs, vocal or instrumental, are attracting at-tracting large audiences In the various vari-ous cities of Japan, particularly when Ihe music Is of u jazzy nature. Sheikish-looking Japanese youths do tap dancing and patter syncopated songs the words of which are all Japanese. Japanese jazz songs such as "The Dotonbori March," "The Asakusa March. Die Black I'upil" and "The flirl of ltoniya" are now being published in great quantities. Students. of Japanese sellouts and colleges everywhere are organizing v ' bands and orchestras, and almost every Japanese citizen goes about humming or whistling some popular j air,. ."Yes Sir, She's My Baby" is I momentarily the favorite. Curiously i enough, 'Home. Sweet Home" is i known to almost all Japanese in the all-English version. |