"We Used to Go to the Savoy Ballroom..."
Ninety-one year old Harold Slappy remembers Saturday nights in New York dancing to Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and other legendary jazz artists. He says, "To me, this is the garden of Eden." http://www.storycorps.net/audio/slappy.mp3 [MP3, 1:18 minutes]
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Mary Ellen Spencer, Head - Research and Reference Services