Margo Jefferson Quotes

I was nearing the end of childhood when I started to pay real attention to jazz singers. Women excelled as jazz singers; they surpassed most of the men. Black women excelled as jazz singers; they surpassed most of the whites.

Margo Jefferson

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  Margo Jefferson
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  • Women
  • Real