Abbey Lincoln Smithsonian Interview Block 299 (Q12057)
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| English | Abbey Lincoln Smithsonian Interview Block 299 |
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I was living in Los Angeles. I never dreamed I'd come to Los Angeles, let alone New York, and I didn't know what New York was. I'd heard about it, I guess, but I got here and there were no trees and I thought I can't live here. It was weird to me. I was at the Wellington Hotel, and I was offered a job with Cab Calloway in the park, and for the first time I saw Central Park West and I knew I could stay here and that's where I met -- well, I knew them from Los Angeles. Sammy Davis Jr Jr, <span class="fullMatch" id="match_279">Frank Sinatra</span>, the Rat Pack they called them. Wonderful men. Well, Duke Ellington was here and Louis Armstrong, everybody was here.