Swank July 1961

4 SWANK SOUNDS OFF
inside everything plus critique of the recording scene
7 BIRTH OF A JAZZ CRITIC
by NAT HENTOFF
in the boston ghetto, the birth was not without pain
8 SUBJECT, CHARLIE PARKER
by JOHN WILLIAMS
revealing things nobody ever knew about the bird
10 BUZZ-BUZZ
by BRUCE COOK
an immortal tenor sax man hits a low note in germany
12 GRAVESTONE FOR LADY
by TONY SCOTT
from one jazz great to another, on billie holiday's unmarked grave
14 THE FRENCH TOUCH
by IRA FLYNN
just a few hours in Paris to find a fantastic girl
17 NOTES OF A NUDE MODEL
by HARRIET W.
she lays bare her secret thoughts as well as her body
18 A BASKET OF DIRTY TOMATOES
by MYRON LENCH
to find virtue in a mexican town was suddenly confusing
20 TODAY, OUTSVILLE, TOMORROW THE WORLD
by MORTON LEWIS
if all the world went beatnik . . . what chaos!
27 THE DAY THE LOUVRE SAW ME
by TULI KUPFERBERG
bitingly satirical, lacerating the venerable
29 FATHER NEMO, RING DEM BELLS
by GORDON CAREY
proving that all marriages aren't made in heaven
32 THE SEARCH FOR SEX AMONG HIPDOM'S HIGH SOCIETY
by DAVID McREYNOLDS
the jaded swim in a martini goldfish bowl
41 THE HONEST ART OF HOLLYWOOD
by JONAS MEKAS
for once, a few good words along with the bad
50 GUIDED TOUR TO NAKED LUNCH
by JOHN FLES
to follow burroughs, this road map helps
51 FROM 'NAKED LUNCH'
by WILLIAM BURROUGHS
one of the most controversial works of our time
PICTORIAL
23 A MODERN ARTIST LOOKS AT A MODERN WOMAN
a radical approach to the sultry world of dames
37 OUT ON A LIMB
prophetic overtones to a volcano named Polly
45 TIGER, TIGER
a symmetrical visit with the female of the species
52 INTRODUCING: AL HENDRICKS
a new cartoonist who is so funny he hurts
56 THINK OR SWIM
new fashions for olympic champs or idlers in the sands