Funding for the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program NEA Jazz Master interview was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. ANNIE ROSS NEA Jazz Master (2010) Interviewee: Annie Ross (July 25, 1930 - ) Interviewer: Anthony Brown with recording engineer Ken Kimery Date: January 13-14, 2011 Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Description: Transcript, 56 pp. Brown: Today is January 13th, 2011. This is Anthony Brown. I’m in the home of Annie Ross in New York City, in her home in – where are we? 54th Street. Ross: We’re smack dab in the middle of New York City. Brown: Right. This is the Smithsonian Institution National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Oral History interview with Jazz Master, vocalist, actress, author, and chef . Ross: Lyricist. Brown: Lyricist. Arranger? Ross: No, I don’t arrange. Brown: Okay, lyricist Annie Ross. Annie, it’s so great to be able to be here with you in your home. Ross: Thank you. For additional information contact the Archives Center at 202.633.3270 or
[email protected] 1 Brown: And it was so great – I didn’t get to meet you at the recent event two days ago at the Jazz Masters ceremony, but wasn’t that a wonderful evening? Ross: It felt like being in a family. It was a lovely, warm feeling. And it was so good to see everybody there. It was just – a warmth exuded from the people on stage and from the audience. I was very happy with it. And what an honor. Brown: It’s amazing, stellar company, and you are in your rightful place in that company.