Audio Clip: Meeting Stuff Smith

In the late 1930s, actor Eddie Norris took Madeline Webb on a date to the Famous Door, a popular Hollywood cocktail lounge with live music. In this recording, made in the mid-1970s, Madeline talks about her encounter with jazz violinist Stuff Smith.

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