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01 Nov 17
The post that was quoted here has been removedSuch a silly reply. Your OP stated 'Unfortunately, no audio or video recordings of her are known to survive.'
Out of curiosity I did a cursory search and came across a chap who was clearly a fan of Florence Mills, and while he spoke about her footage played of a woman dancing and singing the songs she was apparently famous for. - It was not unreasonable for me to assume the woman portrayed was the women he was speaking about. - My interest did not extend to doing a detailed investigation. I merely shared the link in the belief it might be something you'd be interested in. This is after all the Culture forum, not the Debates forum.
I was forgetting you lack the ability to change gear. - Any other reasonable human being would have simply replied. 'No, that isn't her.'
The post that was quoted here has been removedWhat part of 'I didn't read it closely enough' do you not see as an admission of error? So I was wrong about that. I assume my mistake was not actually licking your boots and humbling myself before you in abject misery. My guess is somewhere someone has film of her even if none is found as of yet.
My guitar teacher, Backwards Sam Firk, AKA Michael A Stewart was a collector of black country blues 78's from the 1910's to the 50's and found some recording of which there were only one or two copies and people had written no known copies exist of X player.
I suspect something will turn up sometime. She was clearly a national treasure even if not recognized by white folks.
One woman of note in the 1950's was Nina Simone, a black woman who was refused admission to the Curtis institute of music, she says because she is black. Of course in my errant gulliblilty I presume she is right about that. One song of hers, Mississippi Goddam clearly states her POV.
Her piano technique was amazing, throwing in improv that would have delighted Mozart.
Not on this song so much.
Another singer, American indian, Buffy Saine-Marie, sang this:
My country 'tis of thy people you're dying
She tells it like it is. My wife's grandmother was raised on a res.
This song effected me deeply but what can I say, I am just a lying hypocritical craven gullible idiot. BTW, none of those thumbs down came from me.