Words and Songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone

This book explores the relationship between three African American women''s dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic. Its purpose is three-fold: to show commonalities between Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone''s lives and original compositions; to codify, examine and evaluate their selected song performances in accordance with the Pan African aesthetic...