sentences:  Simon was probably the most influential jazz commentator during the swing era.Thanks to his inside connections with the jazz world, he was able to report information about bands and their personnel with great accuracy.After leaving "Metronome", he was involved with the Jazztone Society (1956–57), was a consultant to the Timex All-Star Jazz Show broadcast from 1957-1959, and wrote about jazz for the "New York Herald Tribune" and the "New York Post" daily newspapers.