"Miss Patternost told the girls that jazz was the Negro’s great contribution to world culture and that as far as she was concerned they could eat as many missionaries as they wanted, as long as they continued to produce such beautiful music. After all, said Miss Patternost, the various societies were churning out hundreds of missionaries every week but there was only one Louis Armstrong."
Aaronovitch, Ben. Moon Over Soho (PC Peter Grant Book 2) (Kindle Locations 4143-4146). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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