Relates an article on jazz vocalist Bessie Smith's death that was published in `Down Beat' magazine in November 1937. Car accident that led to Smith's death; Allegations on the lack of medical attention given to Smith; Memorial album.Hammond...
Bessie Smith, American singer, one of the greatest blues vocalists. Known as the ‘Empress of the Blues,’ she was a bold, supremely confident artist who sang with breathtaking emotional intensity on such songs as ‘Down Hearted Blues,’‘Empty Bed Blue
carrying Jeannette’s badly decomposed arm in its mouth. The news of Jeannette’s death spread quickly around the small town and the rumors about the circumstances were not far behind. According to witnesses, the girl’s body was surrounded by occult symbols and objects, and within a few week...
Eadie Sano, Yulonda
Works of Edward Albee: The Death Of Bessie SmithAlbee, Edward
Dusica MarinkovicPenney
Each play of Albee since The Zoo Story has served as a lightning rod attracting an extra ordinary range of reactions and interpretations. Sometimes he has been regarded as a hope for American theatre and sometimes he has been condemned as an impostor. Why has he been embraced as the only...