Performance

Venue	Acorn Arts Centre
	Also: Fenton Wood Hall, Little Theatre
Town	Penzance
County	Cornwall
From	11th January 2018
To	11th January 2018
When	20:00
Acorn Arts Centre (V1747286290)
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Date of change: 10 Jan 18 - T0257940150

Bessie Smith Empress of the Blues

Work:: Bessie Smith Empress of the Blues (S253520141)

Ma Bessie (Julia Titus) and her band (internationally acclaimed drummer, Sam Kelly with Paul Jobson on keyboards, Tony Qunta on guitar and Richard Sadler on upright bass plus a horn section) perform to a narrated show featuring music and songs of the period as well as a large proportion of Bessie?s work. The show chronicles her life from a one-room shack in Blue Goose Hollow to becoming the highest-paid black entertainer of that time to the tragic accident on Route 61 in September 1937 which resulted in her untimely death.

Production:: (T0257940150)

Performer	Julia Titus
Performer	Sam Kelly (drums)
Performer	Paul Jobson (keyboards)
Performer	Tony Qunta (guitar)
Performer	Richard Sadler (upright bass / horn)

Listing:: L1035788476

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