Alberta Hunter-Jazz Masters Series (DVD)

Contents

Play Program; My Castle's Rockin'; Down Hearted Blues; My Handy Man; When You're Smiling; Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out; Without Rhythm; Without A Song; Alberta Hunter Interview; Darktown Strutter's Ball; Rough and Ready Man; Time Waits For No One; Blackman; You Can't Tell The Difference After Dark; Remember My Name.

Alberta Hunter, Vocals; Gerald Cook, Piano; Jimmy Lewis, Bass.

Extended Article

Alberta Hunter made her debut as a cabaret singer at the age of 11 during the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt, and by the early 1920s was already a seasonedperformer and best selling recording star. She sang her sly double-entendre blues in Chicago nightclubs, on Broadway stages and in European bistros, and went on to record with such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Fats Waller. In this concert she performs her old repertoire winks, eyebrow-raising, frowns, and smiles during performances of Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, My Castle's Rockin', My Handy Man, Down Heartedblues, and many more classics.