{"id":14443,"date":"2024-06-28T01:17:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T23:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14443"},"modified":"2024-06-28T01:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T23:17:44","slug":"episode-269-alberta-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/episode-269-alberta-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 269. Alberta Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 269.  Alberta Hunter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1174-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-at-the-mic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-at-the-mic.png 824w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-at-the-mic-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-at-the-mic-768x819.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join me today for this overview of the roller coaster career of Alberta Hunter (01 April 1895 \u2013 17 October 1984), a jazz legend whose surprising and extraordinary life was shaped by a voice that simply personified the Blues. Early in her life, around the time she was 15, she fled her native Memphis for Chicago, where, with tenacity, grit, and ambition, she became the darling of the night club circuit, performing sometimes under tommy-gun-adjacent circumstances. She soon made her way to Broadway and, following the lead of her compatriots, Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Adelaide Hall, Florence Mills, and Elisabeth Welch, to Paris and London, where she was the toast of the town and appeared as Queenie opposite Paul Robeson in the original London production of <em>Show Boat<\/em>. Later during and after World War II she became a fixture of the USO circuit. Following the death of her mother, she abandoned her performing career and took up nursing in her sixties. After her enforced retirement twenty years later, through a set of freaky coincidences, she made a miraculous return to live performing at the age of 82 and became an overnight sensation, the toast of three continents. She always returned to her ongoing residency at a club in the Village called The Cookery, the venue where the final chapter of her career began. She continued to perform and record until shortly before her death just before her 90th birthday. Though she lived her life discreetly and never came out overtly, she nevertheless was involved with women throughout her life and formed her strongest emotional and romantic bonds with them. Sassy, raunchy, and gritty on the surface, Hunter possessed a voice and ingratiating style of such honesty, humor, and character, that masked a modesty hidden beneath that brash exterior, and a musical sensibility that dazzles with its ease, subtlety, and complexity. Featured musical excerpts, both studio and live, extend over more than 60 years and include collaborations with such jazz giants as Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, Lovie Austin, Charlie Shavers, and producer John Hammond and includes a clip from her appearance in the British film <em>Radio Parade of 1935<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-earrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-earrings.jpg 895w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-earrings-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-earrings-768x597.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: My Castle\u2019s Rockin\u2019. Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook, Jimmy Lewis [live at The Cookery, NYC, 1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-Eubie-Blake.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14717\" style=\"width:578px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-Eubie-Blake.jpg 464w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-Eubie-Blake-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alberta and Eubie Blake, decades later!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Jones: Jazzin\u2019 Baby Blues. Alberta Hunter, Eubie Blake [1922]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bessie-Smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14718\" style=\"width:532px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bessie-Smith.jpg 311w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bessie-Smith-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lovie Austin, Alberta Hunter: Downhearted Blues. Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams [1923]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-oo-vowel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-oo-vowel.jpg 900w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-oo-vowel-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-oo-vowel-768x586.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lovie Austin, Alberta Hunter: Downhearted Blues. Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook, Vishnu Wood [live Paris 1983]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WC-Handy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WC-Handy.png 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WC-Handy-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">W.C. Handy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>W.C. Handy: St. Louis Blues. Alberta Hunter, Lovie Austin and Her Blues Serenaders [Lovie Austin, Jimmy Archey, Darnell Howard, Pops Foster, Jasper Taylor] [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fats-Waller-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fats-Waller-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fats-Waller-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fats-Waller-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fats-Waller.png 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fats Waller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>James P. Johnson, Allie Moore: You Can\u2019t Do What My Last Man Did. Alberta Hunter, Fats Waller [1923]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Young-Glamorous.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14727\" style=\"width:633px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Young-Glamorous.jpg 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Young-Glamorous-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: I\u2019m Gonna Lose Myself \u2018way Down in Louisville. Alberta Hunter, Mike Jackson [1927]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-20s-glam-shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14728\" style=\"width:602px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-20s-glam-shot.jpg 286w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-20s-glam-shot-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>J.C. Johnson: My Particular Man. Alberta Hunter, unknown instrumentalists [1929]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Silver-Lining.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Silver-Lining.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Silver-Lining-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Silver-Lining-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincent Scotto, Henri Varna: J\u2019ai deux amours. Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook [1983]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" data-id=\"14729\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-2-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-2-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-2-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-2.png 1449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" data-id=\"14730\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-1024x749.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dark-Shadows-still.png 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two stills from <em>Radio Parade of 1935<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl Falck, James Bunting: Black Shadows (<em>Radio Parade of 1935<\/em>). Alberta Hunter, Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Frankel [1934]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-1930s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14731\" style=\"width:624px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-1930s.jpg 513w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-1930s-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lew Pollack, Paul Francis Webster: Two Cigarettes in the Dark. Alberta Hunter, Jack Jackson and His Orchestra [1934]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Young.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Young.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Young-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Young-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>No\u00ebl Coward: I Travel Alone. Alberta Hunter, Jack Jackson and His Orchestra [1934]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Hunter-young-753x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Hunter-young-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Hunter-young-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Hunter-young-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-Hunter-young.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: Chirpin\u2019 the Blues. Alberta Hunter, Charlie Shavers, Buster Bailey, Lil Armstrong, Wellman Braud [1939]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-on-the-radio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-on-the-radio.jpg 570w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-on-the-radio-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: The Love I Have for You. Alberta Hunter, Eddie Heywood, Jr. [1940]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-statue.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-statue.jpg 587w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-statue-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: Your Bread May Be Good But It Ain\u2019t as Good as Mine. Alberta Hunter, Sam Clanton, Al Matthews, Al Casey, Leroy Jones [1946]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-in-1961-888x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-in-1961-888x1024.jpg 888w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-in-1961-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-in-1961-768x886.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-in-1961-1331x1536.jpg 1331w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-in-1961-1600x1846.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-in-1961.jpg 1775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: I Got Myself a Workin\u2019 Man. Alberta Hunter, Buster Bailey, J.C. Higginbotham, Cliff Jackson, Sidney de Paris, Zutty Singleton [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lovie-Austin-and-Alberta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lovie-Austin-and-Alberta.jpg 668w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lovie-Austin-and-Alberta-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lovie Austin and Alberta, Chicago 1961<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ralph Rainger, Howard Dietz: Moanin\u2019 Low. 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Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook, Al Hall, Connie Kay, Wally Richardson, Vic Dickenson, Doc Cheatham, Budd Johnson [1978]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amtrak-Blues.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amtrak-Blues.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amtrak-Blues-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amtrak-Blues-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues. Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook, Billy Butler, Aaron Bell, Jackie Williams, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Frank Wess, Norris Turney, produced by John Hammond [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-Gerald-Cook.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14736\" style=\"width:636px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-Gerald-Cook.jpg 588w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-Gerald-Cook-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alberta and Gerald Cook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: Two-Fisted Double-Jointed Rough and Ready Man. Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook, Jimmy Lewis [live at The Cookery, NYC 1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Glory-of-Alberta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Glory-of-Alberta.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Glory-of-Alberta-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook: I\u2019ve Had Enough (Alberta\u2019s Blues). Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook, Jimmy Lewis, Billy Butler, Butch Miles, Vic Dickenson, Doc Cheatham, Budd Johnson [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-John-Hammond.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-John-Hammond.jpg 889w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-John-Hammond-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-and-John-Hammond-768x589.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alberta and her producer John Hammond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: Now I\u2019m Satisfied. Alberta Hunter, arranged and conducted by Gerald Cook [1983]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lottie-Tyler.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14738\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lottie-Tyler.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lottie-Tyler-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lottie Tyler, Alberta&#8217;s lover and companion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Irving Berlin: How Deep Is the Ocean. Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook [live Jazzfest Berlin 06.XI.82]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-knit-cap.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14739\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-knit-cap.jpg 513w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alberta-knit-cap-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rudolf Sieczy\u0144ski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Tr\u00e4ume. Alberta Hunter, Gerald Cook, Vishnu Wood [live Jazzfest Berlin 06.XI.82]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 269. Alberta Hunter SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Please join me today for this overview of the roller coaster 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