"I knew that was going to be kind of scandalous, but she was a good singer." - Artie Shaw (on his decision to ask Billie Holiday to sing on 'Any Old Time' with his all-white band in 1938)
source: Interview with NPR (March 8, 2002)
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Norman Granz Quotes
"The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation." - Norman Granz
Nat King Cole Quotes
"The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?" - Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole Quotes
"Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work." - Nat King Cole
Lionel Hampton Quotes
"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with Benny Goodman." - Lionel Hampton
Cab Calloway Quotes
"We didn't have any segregation at the Cotton Club. No. The Cotton Club was wide open, it was free." - Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway Quotes
"I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were." - Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway Quotes
"Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any." - Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway Quotes
"At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres." - Cab Calloway
