"Murder to a Jazz Beat . . . Peter Gunn
"It all began at Mother's, the jazz joint where Peter Gunn
spent most of
his spare time. Spectating, when his girl was warbling for
the cash
customers. Participating more romantically when Edie was
available for
fun and games. . . ."
Then there was the contemporaneous Johnny Staccato (1960,
Gold Medal
paperback original by Frank Boyd): "A smooth man on the
ivories, hot on
the trigger, and cool in a jam -- he's the toughest private
eye to hit
America in a decade." (Anyone know if this show is available
on video
anywhere?)
In general, however, I'd have to agree with Kevin that
although it was
atmosphere in PI films, jazz didn't show up a lot in the
fiction
(although Chandler used it in King in Yellow).
Mark
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