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Show w JAZZ IS DECLINING San Bernardino Sun:Jazz has lost its popularity and its sway will soon be at an end. This is the good news that comes from the convention of the Sheet Music dealers' association in Chicago. The old melodies, stirring military marches and a few sentimental senti-mental lyrics are the best sellers in America today, the dealers report. It was a foregone conclusion that jazz would not last. It lacked the foundation necessary for stability. T.o call it music was a misnomer. It could be described only as rythmic noise, comparable in some respects to the sounds produced by savages at their dances and religious ceremonies, but lacking the dignity which may be I found even in the beating of tomtoms |