Block 47 of Jimmy Morton Weeksville Oral History (Q24289)

Jimmy Morton: I met Etta Jones when Art Blakey brought her to Tony’s [Grand Dean], and we already had a singer at the time, and I was very upset; I said “who’s this person, we didn’t hire her…”, until I heard her sing! When I heard her [ Etta Jones] sing, I said we didn’t need the first guy that we hired… But I used to introduce [ Etta Jones] and I would say “hush, it’s the bewitching hour…...