Returned this year during February for BLACK HISTORY MONTH to throw a spotlight on a whole new lineup of Black pioneer's everyone should know every Friday ... This year's lineup included:
Olivette Miller
... everything changed for me . . . I was on my own playing jazz music, for there are no rules in it for the harp to go by ...
―Olivette Miller
THE PETERS SISTERS
The Peters gals are showstoppers in every sense of the word ...
―Metronome review, 1946
spencer williams
Spencer Williams, who formerly had an excellent position at Christie Studios, has been working in the technical department of another studio in Hollywood and according to reports has learned all about the science of making the sound strips that have revolutionized the motion picture industry.
―The Chicago Defender, 1930
JENI LeGON
I danced like a boy – I did flips and knee drops and toe stands and all that sort of business so, when I had to sing after I'd danced, he gave me these cute little numbers so that I could talk-sing.
―Jeni Le Gon on Fats Waller