[HN Gopher] Hazel Scott: The Gorgeous Face of Jazz at the Mid-Ce...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Hazel Scott: The Gorgeous Face of Jazz at the Mid-Century
        
       Author : tintinnabula
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2021-10-19 02:23 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (blogs.loc.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (blogs.loc.gov)
        
       | olivermarks wrote:
       | A foggy day https://youtu.be/DTtX7QVaQWk
        
         | cs702 wrote:
         | I think she would have ended up as well-remembered as Ella
         | Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday had it not been for her career
         | getting derailed after being falsely accused of being a
         | communist. There are very few videos of her performing online.
         | Here are a couple more:
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySQ8cA4a-f8&list=RDEMRiyKQrq...
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_WJ4PpxWaE
        
           | spaetzleesser wrote:
           | Cancel culture was already alive and well back then. Today
           | it's enough to accuse somebody as "transphobic" or "racist".
           | Back then they word was "communist". Calling yourself a
           | communist today will probably still get you cancelled.
        
         | AlbertCory wrote:
         | What a polished performer! And Charles Mingus on bass.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2021-10-20 23:01 UTC)