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RE: https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/113001971787712713
First Blues music video in history?
Bessie Smith is the GOAT
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@YakyuNightOwl Along those lines, #BessieSmith should be WAY more recognized & celebrated in #Chattanooga #Tennessee, but she's not.
Because racism.
Exhibit A:
https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/113001971787712713 -
On April 15, 1894: #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1937).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️ -
As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay
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Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021
“Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
—Peggy Seegerhttps://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571362929-bessie-smith/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography
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There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…—Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day
https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/jackie-kay
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay
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Step into 1929: Bessie Smith lights up the screen in St. Louis Blues — an early-sound short capturing Prohibition speakeasy vibes and W. C. Handy's iconic tune. Pure blues and film-history magic you don’t want to miss! #BessieSmith #StLouisBlues #Blues #WCHandy #EarlySound #FilmHistory #VintageFilm #Prohibition #English
https://video.nstr.no/videos/watch/39e26219-ada9-4d6a-be45-6cc2e6a995fe -
#DemandezLeProgramme :
1926 - Bessie Smith - Frolic Theatre - Birmingham (Alabama)
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#DemandezLeProgramme :
1924 - Bessie Smith - Clara Smith Club - New York
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#OnThisDay in 1937, #BessieSmith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), died of injuries sustained in car crash at 43.
#RIP 🪦 -
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While doing errands today, I ran out of podcasts. Put on #BessieSmith 's Complete Recordings, Vol 1. I always like rediscovering this - scratchy audio, a beautiful, strong, passionate and unprocessed voice with backing music.
Hours later, it's still going. Hits the spot.
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Nati entrambi all'inizio del secolo scorso, Louis Armstrong e Bessie Smith sono due jazzisti della prima generazione. E' bello ascoltarli insieme. Anche se il suono della registrazione è imperfetto, la musica è bellissima.
Leggi di più 👉 https://go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds
#BessieSmith #LouisArmstrong #Jazz
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'so if I ever get my hand on a dollar again, i'm gonna hold on to it 'til them eagles grin'...
#bessieSmith #jukeboxFridayNight #money #blues #music
https://inv.nadeko.net/Zea-1Fzi9JQ?__goaway_challenge=meta-refresh&__goaway_id=2a632d807b1f737ae22fddfeb8b9955a&t=33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zea-1Fzi9JQ
('nobody knows you when you're down & out' - bessie smith, 1929) -
As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay
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There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…—Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021:
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571362929-bessie-smith/#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay
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Miss Bessie Smith AKA “The Empress of the Blues “(April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was a protégé and sometimes lover of Ma Rainey’s when they toured together in the 1920s. Here’s 1927’s “Back Water Blues” (https://youtu.be/4gXShOJVwaM?si=gymkthC_PP9RwdMx)
#RetroView #MaRainey #BessieSmith #blues -
Louis Armstrong è stato il principale protagonista di una rivoluzione, il primo grande solista nella storia del jazz. Successivamente si è dedicato molto allo "show business", forse anche troppo (secondo alcuni).
Ma in questi anni faceva musica innovativa
Leggi di più 👉https://go.leoravera.it/3YzLwds#BessieSmith #LouisArmstrong #Jazz
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La liberazione sessuale, con cinquant’anni di anticipo.
Se non conoscete Bessie Smith, conoscetela.#boomerissimo #jazz #blues #bessiesmith #womenempowerment #UnoRadio
https://boomerissimo.it/2023/04/19/bessie-smith-la-donna-che-ha-liberato-le-donne-50-anni-prima/