Blues Lady Packet

READ

LISTEN/WATCH (and check out linked Wikipedia bios)

Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) Wikipedia.

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894- September 26, 1937) Wikipedia.

Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) Wikipedia.

Big Mama Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984) Wikipedia.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) Wikipedia.

Nina Simone (Feb 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) Wikipedia.

Etta James (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) Wikipedia.

Mae Barnes (c. January 23, 1907 – December 13, 1996) Wikipedia.

Abbey Lincoln (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010) Wikipedia.

Listen to first minute and a half AND from 5:40 on.

“Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln perform Tears for Johannesburg & Tryptic (Prayer, Protest).” Posted by thepostarchive. YouTube.com. October 20, 2018 (Accessed 9/30/20).

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