John Levy Smithsonian Interview Block 456 (Q15405)

I was disappointed with the club the first day I walked into it. This little greasy looking joint, in the middle of the day, and I said, oh, no. A little bitty bandstand. The clubs we played in Chicago were much nicer clubs and better rooms than - I said, so this is New York, this is 52nd Street, and this is the Onyx Club. I thought, wow, this is a real dump. I met the owner, a very nice man. ...