In the mind of the noble jazzman / civil engineer Georgios Anamateros are hidden Japanese wise men, Portuguese philosophers, Arab-Chinese economists, gorgeous sopranos, unscrupulous tyrants and souls tormented by charming left-wing girls [...]. In the real world he is an amateur of art (as indicated by the witty wordplay of his surname), a person with fine humor and brilliance, who admires the old ingenious entertainers, from Louis Armstrong to Alekos Sakellarios and insists on writing Greek in the ancient way.