Show U S tops in in recent years thanks to the radio americans have acquired a love and an understanding of music sic that would surprise most europeans we hear everything the world has to offer and dissatisfied and cynical though I 1 a am m alou about a lot of other things on an ot our ir musical si s scene I 1 believe that our taste and nd our public today are the most cosmopolitan and the most exacting in in the world it has long been a matter of common agreement among artists that our musical life is is the richest all and d fullest on the globe practically everybody even the english admits that today new york is is the musical capital of the world carleton smith in esquire magazine zine |