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Victoria Spivey
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Victoria Spivey was one of the few female blues vocalists of the 1920s to continue her career well beyond the classic blues era. In addition to being a stage performer and recording artist, Spivey was also a witty songwriter and shrewd businesswoman. Her keen grasp of the business end of he blues enabled her to keep touring and making records long after nearly all the other classic blues singers of the 1920s had faded from the scene. As a blues singer, Spivey did not compare with the towering talent of Bessie Smith or Ida Cox; Spivey's voice might have lacked refinement and range, but her moaning wais and country blues phrasing not only reflected her Texas roots but also made her blues believable
Sarah Hanahan, Samara Joy, Jenny Scheinman, Mavis Pan, Dwayne Clemons, Tania Grubbs, Diane Marino & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Sarah Hanahan, Samara Joy, Jenny Scheinman, Mavis Pan, Dwayne Clemons, Bill Charlap, Tania Grubbs and Diane Marino, with birthday shoutouts to Lakecia Benjamin, blues foremothers Victoria Spivey (Got The Blues So Bad) and Nellie Lutcher (He's A Real Gone Guy), vocalists Amy London, Anita O'Day, Esperanza Spalding, Laura Nyro and ...
Anat Cohen, Delfeayo Marsalis, John Surman and more
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from clarinetist Anat Cohen, trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, saxophonist John Surman and Argentina's Los Carlitos quartet. Playlist Naomi Moon Siegel “Sabotage" from Shattering the Glass Sanctuary (Slow and Steady) 0:00 Emmet Cohen “Time on my Hands “ from Vibe Provider (Mack Avenue) 5:06 April Aloisio and Joanie Pallatto featuring Bradley Parker-Sparrow “True" from ...
New Releases Plus Birthday Shoutouts To Foremothers Nellie Lutcher, Victoria Spivey & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Charu Suri, Ann Hampton Callaway, Sharon Sable, Michael Dease, Colette Michaan, Olivia Perez-Collellmir and Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm, with birthday shoutouts to foremothers Nellie Lutcher (He's A Real Gone Guy, Hurry On Down) and Victoria Spivey (Black Snake Blues), vocalists Amy Cervini, Freddy Cole, Nancy Kelly, Amy London, Nona Hendryx, pianist ...
New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts to Foremothers Nellie Lutcher, Victoria Spivey Plus Part 3 Of Selections From New Standards 101 Lead Sheets By Women Composers
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from Nica Carrington, Judith Owen and Ted Kooshian, with birthday shoutouts to foremothers Nellie Lutcher and Victoria Spivey, vocalists Freddy Cole, Amy London and Nancy Kelly, among others. Also Part 3 of selections from Terri Lyne Carrington's book New Standards 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers featuring music by Mimi Jones, ...
Scott Yanow On Jazz Films This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
Get the popcorn ready.The curtain is about to go up on Kid Ory—Lionel Hampton—and Louis Armstrong. This week, we take a look at some of the world’s top jazz artists—who not only provided music for Hollywood movies—but appear on the silver screen as well. Scott Yanow, author of Jazz on Film, joins David Holt in the ...
This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Blues Queens Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actor Vernel Bagneris and singer Topsy Chapman join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band in a tribute to Ma Rainey, her Rabbit Foot Minstrels and blues shouters of the Deep South in the 1920s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be ...
Victoria Spivey And The Easy Riders Jazz Band
Label: Not On Label (Victoria Newton Self-released)
Released: 1965
