Charles Flowers was born on Nov. 12, 1942, in Knoxville. The Knoxville News Sentinel published a notice that Howard Fischer ...

The best guess is a site now occupied by the Rose Theater, the Jazz at Lincoln ... Nonclassical singers also relied on vocal projection. Bessie Smith, feted as “the Empress of the Blues ...

Original screenwriter Reginald Rose returned to update his masterpiece ... Playing Blues legend Bessie Smith, Latifah is a hugely charismatic, voracious, irresistible presence, who does not ...

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She rose to fame making risqué blues records ... jazz-inflected sophistication. Like her idol, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington was a highly influential singer; those who fell under her spell ...

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Will Smith has reunited with his former Fresh Prince of Bel Air costar Tatyana Ali – and were joined by Doechii – to recreate their famous dance from the show. The “Anxiety” dance ...

She had previously revealed in October that she had split from her partner of ten years, Grant, who she shares Bobby, 10 and Bessie Rose, four with. However, when she uploaded an Instagram dump ...