One hundred and one degree heat which has driven most Bostonians to Maine, to the Cape, or just to any cool place on weekends has also terminated almost all "live" jam sessions for the summer. However, the appearance of two new excellent jazz programs on the radio has done much to fill this void. Wednesday evenings at 7:30 o'clock, Cain's "Cain Is Able" pay the keep for half an hour over WMEX devoted to Louie, Bix, NORK, as well as moderns such as Hodes, Ed Hall, and Lester Young. And every evening except Sunday Warren Saunders produces "Jump Time" over WCOP at 10 o'clock. The music is apt at times to stray a little afield, but generally speaking pure improvisation predominates. Collectors are invited to come up to the station Tuesday evenings and put on a program featuring their own favorite; any Harvard men interested in participating in this manner are urged to contact the writer for further information. For those of you who are blessed with powerful radios. Eddie Condon's Carnegie Hall sessions are aired over the Providence station Saturday afternoons at three o'clock. WHDH used to carry this program locally, but absence of appreciative mail caused them to drop it.

Speaking of mail, the money conscience executives of radio's front offices pull programs off the air if the public falls to evince enough interest as judged by volume of correspondence. So if you wish jazz over the radio to continue, take out your pen and paper and drop a line to the programs mentioned above and listen to them regularly.

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The Harvard Jazz Club hopes to run at least one session with the coming of cooler weather in September. This column would like to hear from any undergraduates or service men stationed at the College who would like to join the Club and help sponsor a few afternoons of good jazz.