READ
- Goldman, Danielle. “Introduction: Sound Gestures – Posing Questions for Music and Dance.” Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory17.2 (July 2007): 123-138.
LISTEN/WATCH (and check out linked Wikipedia bios)
Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) Wikipedia.
- “Billie Holiday- ‘Strange Fruit’ Live 1959 [Reelin In the Years Archives]” Posted by Reelinintheyears66. February 12, 2018. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGY9HvChXk> Accessed 10/7/19.
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894- September 26, 1937) Wikipedia.
- “Tain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do’ (Bessie Smith, 1923) Jazz Legend” [3:23]. Posted by RagtimeDorianHenry. June 3, 2009. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VKEKkTQU-k> Accessed 10/7/19.
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- “Bessie Smith – I Need a Little Sugar in my Bowl” [2:48] Posted by Sugar Bear Mosher. February 16, 2009. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuwKhPGItk> Accessed 10/7/19.
Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) Wikipedia.
- “Mahalia Jackson Singing & Martin Luther King Jr. Preaching at Church” [2:56] . Posted by Omar Garcia Perez. Dec 9, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odHqG1rA4M8> Accessed 10/7/19.
- “Trouble of the World -MAHALIA!” [4:42]. Posted by Restoration Eden Ministries. March 31, 2015. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmygnicYLIA> Accessed 10/7/19.
- “Music + Cinema: Imitation of Life /Mahalia Jackson / Trouble of the World – Mirage de la vie” [2:35]. Posted by Claude Le Quang. March 18, 2019. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-1ZxMR6CjQ> Accessed 10/9/19.
Big Mama Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984) Wikipedia.
- “Big Mama Thornton – I Feel Alright” [3:01]. Posted AndTok2. March 25, 2010. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0w7axC7WBI> Accessed 10/7/19.
- OPTIONAL
- “Big Mama Thornton – Summertime” [4:14]. Posted by Dutchbluesfan. April 4, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toxl_b9A7IU> Accessed 10/7/19.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) Wikipedia.
- “Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Didn’t it Rain” [7:45]. Posted by LosGrollos. November 10, 2013. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnAQATKRBN0> Accessed 10/7/19.
Nina Simone (Feb 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) Wikipedia.
- “Strange Fruit” [3:33] . Posted by Sander. July 7, 2009. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcCm_ySBslk> Accessed 10/7/19.
- “Nina Simone – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” [2:42]. Posted by Particular Yair. September 9, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckv6-yhnIY> Accessed 10/7/19.
- “Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddamn” [4:40]. Posted by Aaron Overfield. February 26, 2013. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM> Accessed 10/7/19.
- OPTIONAL
- “Nina Simone – I Put A Spell on You” [2:38] Posted by TheJazzStreet. June 9, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2k52n_Bvw> Accessed 10/7/19.
- “Nina Simone Feeling Good” [2:57]. Posted by Cancano Cancano. October 20, 2012. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Y11hwjMNs> Accessed 10/7/19.
Etta James (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) Wikipedia.
- “Etta James – All I Could Do Was Cry” [2:59]. Posted by Musical Taste. March 5, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pc9BmXN998> Accessed 10/7/19.
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- “Etta James – Something’s Got a Hold on Me (Live)” [5:50] Posted by Etta James. January 17, 2004. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OueyaMoUUt4> Accessed . 10/7/19.
- “Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind” [2:34]. Posted by Rebel Songbird. June 7, 2012. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sq3ME0JHQ> Accessed 10/7/19.
Mae Barnes (c. January 23, 1907 – December 13, 1996) Wikipedia.
- “‘(I Ain’t Gonna Be No) Topsy’ – Mae Barnes” [4:25]. Posted by Zilbernet. June 10, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdHp7wAgF04> Accessed 10/7/19.
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).