" How would you like to be the agent for the hottest swing musician in the world?” he asks. “Who is it — Nero and his fiddle?” I crack. But he doesn’t bend. “No, this is the genuine jive,” he tells me. “A hep Joe from Buffalo. A walkie-talkie from Milwaukee. Strictly a mutt from Connecticut. "

― Robert Bloch , The Fantastic Adventures of Lefty Feep (Giants of Sci-Fi Collection Book 9)