| 单词 | Bessie Smith |
| 例句 | That would be the April 1927 flood of the Mississippi River, which inundated 27,000 square miles, displaced more than a million people and inspired, among other works, the heartbreaking Bessie Smith record “Backwater Blues.” 1927 ‘Great Flood’ still timely, especially with Bill Frisell 2013-03-01T21:25:10Z Berryman loved the blues and owned all of Bessie Smith’s records. My John Berryman: A Poet of Deep Unease 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z And when Helen puts the moves on David, it’s with a boisterous song made famous by Bessie Smith, “I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle.” Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z "It's got such a nice range, from Bessie Smith to Lady Gaga." EMP Museum launches into future with four new exhibitions 2012-12-22T22:59:04Z Who knew that the Brat Pack girl of the ’80s was weaned on the records of Bessie Smith and Fats Waller? Molly Ringwald Sings at Café Carlyle 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Oliver was at work on “Blues Fell This Morning” when an editor at Cassell approached him to write a biography of Bessie Smith for its Kings of Jazz series. Paul Oliver, Pre-eminent Authority on the Blues, Dies at 90 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z When Miche Braden plants herself at the front of the stage, shimmies a little and sings the blues, “The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith” finds its reason for being. | 'The Devil's Music': A Big Voice Full of Blues, Bawdy and Unapologetic 2011-07-03T21:04:50Z The most popular female recording artist of the 1920s, singer Bessie Smith was nicknamed “Empress of the Blues” for good reason. 'Devil's Music' thrills with the bold, bawdy and brilliant life of Bessie Smith 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Queen Latifah was a young rapper just beginning to dabble in acting when she was first approached about the possibility of playing the lead in a film about singer Bessie Smith. Queen Latifah, Mo'Nique and Dee Rees sing 'Bessie' praises 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z It’s a slinky, haunting piece with a middle section that shifts into a tango rhythm, and most of the people who heard Bessie Smith’s recording in 1925 would have recognized it as a standard. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z In 1974 she was part of a salute to Louis Armstrong at Carnegie Hall, singing “St. Louis Blues,” a tune recorded by both Armstrong and Bessie Smith. Carrie Smith, Singer in ‘Black and Blue,’ Dies at 86 2012-05-27T05:16:12Z The Harlem walking tour will pass by the sites of several historic music venues, like Smalls Paradise and the Alhambra Ballroom, where Bessie Smith and Jelly Roll Morton performed. A Jazz Age Exhibition With a Syncopated Sweep 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Hopkins made several blues recordings with Mr. Otis on the Savoy label before interpreting Bessie Smith songs in “The Jazz Train,” a historical revue staged in the United States and Europe. Linda Hopkins, a Tony-Winning Actress and Singer, Dies at 92 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z In 1961 Mr. Albee attacked racism in “The Death of Bessie Smith,” based on the refusal of a white-run Southern hospital to treat the critically injured blues singer. Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “Bessie Smith singing a good blues may deal with experience as profoundly as Eliot,” he wrote. Ralph Ellison’s Letters Offer the Pleasures of Big Ideas and Everyday Life 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Additional casting will be announced later; according to reviews during the tour, the show also features an actress playing several famous singers who were inspirations to Joplin, like Bessie Smith and Aretha Franklin. ArtsBeat: Janis Joplin Musical Coming to Broadway This Fall 2013-06-26T19:25:00Z Unfortunately, for all Mr. Baryshnikov’s efforts, “Letter to a Man” remains stubbornly obscure and theatrically lifeless, despite a wildly eclectic soundtrack that ranges from Arvo Pärt to Tom Waits to Bessie Smith. Review: Baryshnikov Explores the Troubled Mind of a Dance Genius 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith Off-Broadway bio-drama with music about the legendary singer. L.A theater openings, Feb. 19-26: 'Fun Home' and more 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Jazz giants like Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith can be found playing and singing at clubs packed night after night. Bernice L. McFadden’s ‘The Book of Harlan’ is simply miraculous 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z In the early 1990s her singing style, heavily influenced by such vocalists as Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, caught on both here and abroad. Jazz songstress Madeleine Peyroux is a taste of Paris de nuit 2010-04-14T21:52:00Z Williams and Cox both likened Davis to such self-taught blues artists as Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, strong women who bucked against the music industry while breaking down walls. ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The work, by the choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey, was about the dark side of fame, with ideas drawn from the lives of Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Bessie Smith as well as Janis Joplin. Lynn Seymour, Acclaimed Ballerina and a Dramatic Force, Dies at 83 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z I was a small child when I heard about what happened to Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday. This Week in Fiction: Zadie Smith on Inhabiting the World of Billie Holiday 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Violence has always been the purview of art, to which any Greek tragedy or Bessie Smith murder ballad readily attests. Perspective | The ‘Rust’ scene that Alec Baldwin was rehearsing strikes a familiar and played-out chord 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Mahalia sang for the church with a blues-style fire and spirit inspired by Bessie Smith that scandalized Chicago churches at first but eventually brought Carnegie Hall calling. In Lifetime's joyful "Mahalia," Danielle Brooks' song and fury triumphs over a tepid script 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z Lena Horne beams with girlish confidence, while Bessie Smith’s knotted brow and hooded eyes suggest a tired dignity. Exhibitions celebrate the opening of the Smithsonian’s African American Museum 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s Bessie Smith and Robert Johnson for the twenty-first century. Dear liberal white guys: Before you offer your critique of Beyoncé’s “Formation,” read this 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The real Ma Rainey, a.k.a. the Mother of the Blues, recorded almost 100 songs in five years, worked with Louis Armstrong and mentored singer Bessie Smith, whose fame would arguably eclipse Rainey’s. Is August Wilson the 'Shakespeare of our time'? Cast and crew of 'Ma Rainey' say you can hear it 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The film, which has its premiere Saturday night on HBO, stars Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith, a woman who is said to have lived quite a colorful, provocative life. Review: ‘Bessie,’ on HBO, Stars Queen Latifah as Blues Singer 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The musical about blues singer Bessie Smith was performed at Ford’s Theater in Washington and later ran for more than a year on Broadway. Will Holt, folk singer who wrote ’60s hit ‘Lemon Tree,’ dies at 86 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z He dated his interest in the blues to first hearing Bessie Smith’s recording of “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” when he was about 8 years old. Samuel Charters, Foundational Scholar of the Blues, Dies at 85 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z His version of Ray Charles's You Don't Know Me was drenched in frustration, while rockabilly retroist Imelda May added a quivering spiritual string to her bow with Bessie Smith's On Revival Day. London jazz festival: Jazz Voice – review 2012-11-12T13:40:28Z It's a step-change for the woman who has already won a BBC jazz award and had her representations of blues pioneer Bessie Smith featured in a TV series curated by Martin Scorsese. This week's new live music 2012-10-12T23:05:42Z Blame a choppy presentation that checks off points in the Bessie Smith timeline but doesn’t probe them or knit them together. Review: ‘Bessie,’ on HBO, Stars Queen Latifah as Blues Singer 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The vocalist Catherine Russell met Bernstein at one of those shows; on “You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon” — Bessie Smith’s send-off to a “broke-down” lover — she’s perfectly in sync with the band. A Radiohead Spinoff’s Snarling Single, and 8 More New Songs 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Odetta was drawing on spiritual patrons that included not just Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey and Lead Belly; with her classically trained voice, she put listeners in mind of the contralto Marian Anderson. Remembering Odetta, Whose Powerful Voice Met a Profound Moment 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z The singer Carole J. Bufford’s love affair with the blues began when she was 13 years old and discovered Bessie Smith on a two-disc set, she recalled last Thursday at the Metropolitan Room. Carole J. Bufford at the Metropolitan Room 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z But the film does cite Beiderbecke’s devotion to Bessie Smith, as well as his playing in integrated jam sessions. ‘Bix’ Review: A Jazz Legend Fondly Remembered 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z He drilled and sawed old floorboards, doors and wine crates for his home decorations and added murals of celebrated women, including Pocahontas, Sappho, Cleopatra and Bessie Smith. Antiques: Antiques - Khadambi Asalache’s London House Restored 2012-05-31T21:21:28Z Her voice, which had a raspy, jazz-inspired tone that she harnessed to interpret traditional and modern folk songs, sounded perfectly imperfect, filled with Billie Holiday swing, Bessie Smith body and Marlboro Man grit. 'Remembering Mountains' a remarkable tribute to Karen Dalton 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The centerpiece of the show, however, remains the thrillingly performed music of Bessie Smith. 'Devil's Music' thrills with the bold, bawdy and brilliant life of Bessie Smith 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z She just reads Tolstoy, plays old Bessie Smith records and cries. Review: ‘The Liars’ Club,’ by Mary Karr 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He understands the truth and the art in Bessie Smith’s work. Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z He haunted the black neighborhood just beyond here, listening to “race records” by the likes of Bessie Smith. 2010-01-29T14:51:00Z Listening to Bessie Smith was a sort of baptism: He submerged himself in what he called the “wellspring” of his art. Playwright August Wilson was ahead of his time. But would he have made it today? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Watson knew her grandmother, a gifted blues musician who performed with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith as a young woman. Asked to help, Post readers sent searing evidence about dozens more enslavers in Congress Not married either, and a little rakish in a Bessie Smith sort of fashion. On a Summer Night in Selma, an Eerie Carnival Comes to Town 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Books about Joplin generally list her earliest musical influence as Bessie Smith - the powerful African American blues singer who died in Mississippi six years before Joplin was born into a middle-class family in Texas. Janis Joplin: 'There was no one like her' 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The form was initially associated almost exclusively with women such as Ms. Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith. Opinion | A Song That Changed Music Forever 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z He also liked to read novels, attend the opera, and listen to Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. Leading lung expert John F. Murray dies of coronavirus-related complications at 92 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Joplin’s appropriation of a blues sound forged by idol Bessie Smith comes up a few times, alongside defenses from Buddy Guy and B.B. 5 of the best new music books 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The record also features a cover of Bessie Smith’s melancholy blues song “Nobody Knows You When You Are Down and Out.” California Sounds: New L.A. music from Cooper Saver, La Santa Cecilia and Allah-Las 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Bessie Smith was mentored by Rainey and became her friend and friendly rival, according to The New York Times, which posted an obituary of Rainey in June in honor of Pride month. August Wilson was the blues, and Ma Rainey was his muse 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Hunter, who was a contemporary of Bessie Smith’s, was the Memphis-born daughter of a Pullman porter. Buddy Guy Is Keeping the Blues Alive 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z She was both the heir to the sacred tradition of Mahalia Jackson and Clara Ward, frequent visitors to her childhood home, and the lineal descendant of the very secular Bessie Smith and Dinah Washington. Aretha Franklin obituary 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Blues in the Night Revival of this musical revue created by Sheldon Epps features classic songs by Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, et al. The week ahead in L.A. theater, April 29-May 6: 'The Baby Dance: Mixed' at Rubicon Theatre and more 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z He prepared a series of reissues at Columbia that featured recordings by Armstrong, Ellington and Bessie Smith and helped launch the inclusion of alternate takes of individual songs. George Avakian, jazz producer of Miles Davis and more, dies at 98 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z “Contraband Love” includes the chugging rock of “Hit & Run Driver,” the Bessie Smith blues “My Sweetie Went Away” and the country ballad “Turn Around.” Review: Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams show rootsy range 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z All 125 of her songs are contained in the box set “Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings.” A Bessie Smith ‘dream project’ makes its D.C. debut 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z He wrote or edited more than 10 books on each subject, including a biography of singer Bessie Smith and “The Story of the Blues,” often called the first comprehensive history of the music. Paul Oliver, scholar who helped spur a blues revival, dies at 90 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z “I listened to Bessie Smith’s complete recordings non-stop, all day,” she said. Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Timeless Jazz 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Palmer brought a ukulele on stage and roared the instrument’s praises, while Salvant’s voice was all she needed for a shattering performance of the Bessie Smith song “You Ought to be Ashamed.” Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan among readers at poetry tribute 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z She emulated two singers with huge voices, gospel star Mahalia Jackson and Bessie Smith, known as the Empress of the Blues. Linda Hopkins, Tony Award-winning singer with ‘raw gospel power,’ dies at 92 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Her myth is so enduring that Edward Albee wrote a play called “The Death of Bessie Smith”; J.D. A Bessie Smith ‘dream project’ makes its D.C. debut 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z While their cautious mutual fascination is evident, the requisite steam never materializes, even with Bessie Smith on the Victrola and some tastefully sensuous love scenes, tenderly shot by cinematographer Wolfgang Held. Strong performances highlight timely period drama 'Sophie and the Rising Sun' 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z As far back at the 1920s, blues singers such as Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith had been singing about gay characters, though they were loathe to directly express their own desires. Love Is a Drag: the story behind the groundbreaking secret 60s gay album 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z They were doing the dirty in song almost 100 years ago, in 1920s Harlem, when blues singers such as Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith sang about same-sex affairs. The industry closet: queer pop from Little Richard to Frank Ocean 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z And when she sings those songs originally done by Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith and Bert Williams, she is liberated from all the well-worn conventions of modern jazz singing. 7 shows to catch at the D.C. Jazz Festival 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The best of those songs have been boiled down to the two-CD anthology “The Essential Bessie Smith.” A Bessie Smith ‘dream project’ makes its D.C. debut 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z As Angela Davis argues in Blues Legacies and Black Feminism, blues artists like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey performed songs about lovers’ broken promises as metaphors for the unfulfilled promises of freedom. Beyoncé’s Lemonade Is Black Woman Magic 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Queen Latifah for her fierce portrayal of blues singer Bessie Smith. 'Spotlight' to top 'The Big Short' and other SAG Awards predictions 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The Prohibition years were also the roaring twenties, the age of rakish mobsters and glamorous speakeasies, “The Great Gatsby” and “The Untouchables” and Bessie Smith singing, “Any bootlegger sure is a pal of mine.” Prohibition and the Penal State 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z With 14 nominations, this biopic starring Queen Latifah as blues singer Bessie Smith got excellent reviews and is clearly the front-runner. Emmy Awards 2015 predictions: Who will win, who deserves to win and who could surprise us all 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z In the 1920s, Bessie Smith, the "Empress of the Blues," rose to become the highest-paid black entertainer in the country. Queen Latifah: 'You have to be fearless' in taking on Bessie Smith's life 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Raised by her father on a musical diet of Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Ella Fitzgerald, Ringwald released an album in 2013 titled Except Sometimes, featuring classics from the Great American Songbook. Molly Ringwald sings jazz at the Carlyle: the ultimate nostalgia trip 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z It also became known as the “Yellow Dog Blues” when it was later recorded by artists including Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller. Blues Trail honors railroad crossing 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Ike Turner and Sam Cooke were born there; Bessie Smith died in the tiny, dilapidated G.T. Blues tourism: The hellhound’s trail 2013-05-02T15:06:05Z As a teenager in Newark, New Jersey, I had a big collection of jazz records: Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, all the classics. Minding Jazz's Main Stage 2012-01-24T05:02:00Z Muddy Waters did sleep there and Bessie Smith died there. Once home to Muddy Waters, Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale, Miss., attracts blues aficionados 2011-09-06T15:35:22Z Black Swan passed up the opportunity to sign Bessie Smith, who made a fortune for Columbia. F.Y.I.: Answers to Questions About New York 2011-07-30T00:30:02Z I'll cut you out with Bessie Smith, who, they say, is your fair one at present. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z Bonds walked with thunder, crushed eggshells and gave contemporary meaning to Bessie Smith’s “Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do.” Sports of The Times: Again, a Star Is Prosecuted for His Unlikability 2011-04-09T17:08:40Z My father used to sing and dance with Bessie Smith. Off the Dribble: Q&A With Earl Monroe 2011-01-09T05:16:13Z |
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