Boris Rose ~Reading Response~

What stuck out most about this piece was the title. Boris Rose: Prisoner of Jazz, is absolutely perfect to sum up the main point. Boris Rose has an addiction to which he is a prisoner of and this obession becomes obvious from several panels.

The first two panels that show just how much Boris was obsessed with recording jazz music are on page 21. They are the two in the center. The first one shows how Boris has to wake up at 2:45 in the am in order to record certain broadcasts. The second one shows how Boris, in order to get better service, may go to a friends house late at night. It seems crazy that anyone would sacrifice sleep or even annoy a friend in order to record music, but Boris must truly be a prisoner, a prisoner of jazz.

A third panel that shows the seriousness of Boris's obsession and the magnitude of the collection that he had. The last panel on page23 states, "He continued to issue more and more of his LP transfers, but to this day somewhere around 95% of all his material has not been issued." While it seemed throughout the entire piece that he was steadily handing out and selling music, this was a big misconception. Only 5% was given out, thus the total amount that he had was immense, a gigantic amount.

There is absolutely no doubt after reading this piece, that Boris does not have an extreme obsession with recording jazz music.