Dr. Hannah Tericium Robbins

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404 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 20 Feb

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So this is quite a complicated environment for her.

And after about six months, she decides she needs to get out.

And she secures an audition via the record producer John Hammond, who's aware of her from Decca, to audition at Cafe Society downtown.

So there were two Cafe Societies, one uptown and one downtown, as a solo artist.

And it is...

The up and coming cabaret venue in New York.

And it boasts artists like Billie Holiday, who first performed Strange Fruit there.

Paul Robeson is a regular performer and that's how they become friends.

And it is really the beginning of Lena Horne becoming Lena Horne.

Yeah, it was pioneering.

They were...

in some ways, trying to create an antidote to the Cotton Club environment by having a multiracial environment.

But actually, when you look at the lineup, they were clearly poaching quite a lot of the performers there.

Duke Ellington was there regularly and he gets, you know, back in connection with Lena Horne.

You can use the toilets.

Yeah, exactly.

I mean, think about it.

Yeah, it's exactly that straightforward.

Suddenly people are allowed to hang out.

They're able to get to know each other.

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