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As the "Empress of the Blues " Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga Tenn. on April. subject of a play by Edward Albee as the "Empress of the Blues " Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga Tenn. on April. subject of a play by Edward Albee Home History & Biography Biography Study Guides Bessie Smith. Context. General Summary Bessie Smith. General History.

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Rosetta Reitz, a feminist who scavenged through the early history of jazz and blues to resurrect the music's long-forgotten women and to create a record label dedicated to them, died on Nov. 1 in New York City. She was 84. The cause was ...

Championed women of jazz - Miami Herald

The images shocked the world: Hundreds of dead, bloated bodies, looking as if they had washed ashore in the Peoples Temple settlement of Jonestown, Guyana. With 918 dead in the largest mass-murder-suicide in history, the sheer loss of life would be ...

30 years after the Jonestown tragedy - Oakland Tribune

Twenty-seven years after her death, Mary Lou Williams continues to blaze a path in jazz. On Thursday, the innovative pianist and arranger who grew up in Pittsburgh will become the first female instrumentalist to be inducted into the Nesuhi Ertegun ...

Pittsburgh native to be inducted into Jazz Hall of Fame - Pittsburgh Tribune Review

At age 83, blues icon B.B. King doesn't have to maintain a touring schedule that year in and year out easily has topped 100 concerts in the United States alone. So why does he stay on the road, including Tuesday's concert at American Bank Center ...

King reigns supreme - Corpus Christi Caller

Rowan Museum Inc. held its 55th annual meeting Oct. 30. Members enjoyed tours of the museum followed by a dinner of chicken and dumplings and all the trimmings furnished by Debbie Suggs Catering in the Messinger Room. A business meeting was held with ...

People and Places - Salisbury Post

CHARLESTON - At 7 p.m. Friday night at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 520 Kanawha Blvd., folks can get a little history with their blues as the Charleston Blues Society presents Lady D, with her one-woman show called “Bessie’s Blues ...

'Bessie's Blues' performance in Charleston on Friday - Herald-Dispatch

Marine Corps Birthday Dinner, hosted by Magic Valley Detachment of Marine Corps League in honor of 233rd birthday of Marine Corps; Master of Ceremonies Retired Marine Gary Davis, 6 p.m. social hour and 7 p.m. dinner, Garden Cafe, Twin Falls, $30 per ...

Veterans Day events - Twin Falls Times-News

When Maria Davis was diagnosed with AIDS in 1998—an illness that had already taken the lives of many in her Harlem neighborhood—she sought a remedy beyond the parameters of medical care at a venue where she could express her pain to others: the ...

CU Helps Preserve the Apollo's History - Columbia Spectator

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Mahler with a production of his Symphony No. 3 at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Clay Center. Guests joining the orchestra include Stacey Rishoi, mezzo soprano soloist; the Mountain Laurel ...

Entertainment briefs - Charleston Daily Mail

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