Abbey Lincoln Smithsonian Interview Block 301 (Q12059)

At the Village Vanguard. They had a kitchen then and they also had a dressing room right off the stage that was big enough to accommodate myself and Mae Barnes who was a fat woman, heavyset woman. When they decided to bring jazz into the room, they eliminated the dressing room and they finally closed the kitchen and they never scrubbed the floor. I hate jazz rooms. I heard Sarah Vaughan say th ...