MU239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ina Ray Hutton, Tap Dance, Melodears
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In late 20s, the first all women jazz band. Not taken seriously, a comedy band, like black band, no matter hot or sweet. Tiger rag: an old ragtime piece re-orchestrated to be a sweet jazz. 10/17/2018 4:19:00 pm: began as a fundraising vehicle for an african american orphanage in 1938. players in the country, including anna mae winburn (leader, vocals), vi burnside. Native american musicians. fired: all swings, double standards for the girls when they toured. All girls band has band moms, make sure you are home by curfew, don(cid:495)t drink or smoking. Reputation is important, if got caught doing (cid:498)un-lady(cid:499) things, they will be. It is really forgivable for a male jazz player to show up and drunk, but it(cid:495)s. The women(cid:495)s figure after wwii was not recovered. Their roles went back to be vocalists, very few women instrumentalist. not forgivable for women.
