Sam Mongoose, owner of the city’s #1 jazz club, surveys The Cat’s Pajamas. With him as always is Rico, the Max Cubanista of Mongoose’s. The real Max Cubanista pumps and mugs onstage. Seeing these men cross the bar like a storm cloud, Max dons an unnatural smile, leans over to Gus, and purrs: “What is this phenomenal bullshit?”