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Episode 2 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis


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Ernestine "Tiny" Davis was a trumpet player and vocalist, born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1909.

She mostly played in all-female bands.

// Documentary:

Edition Salzburger "Frauen im Jazz": Schiller, Greta & Weiss, Andrea. Tiny & Ruby - Hell Divin´ Women. 1989

// Literature and articles:

  • Dahl, Linda. Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazz Women. New York: Pantheon, 1984

  • Cherry, Nina. The Forgotten History of a Leading Lesbian Jazz Trumpet Player Driven from KC. kanasascitymag.com. 2022

https://kansascitymag.com/jazz/the-forgotten-history-of-a-leading-lesbian-jazz-trumpeter-driven-from-kc/?fbclid=IwAR2Et0TBmBpnsy75BZVjEFU0ynKpuuxZjIqiAWHCusi7r186t9YbjOXU7XU

  • https://www.capriccio-kulturforum.de/forum/index.php?thread/9697-die-amerikanische-pionierin-des-jazz-tiny-davis-1909-oder-1910-1994/

  • https://jazzwomenarchives.wordpress.com/2019/01/16/tiny-davis/

  • https://queermusicheritage.com/oct2010td.html

  • https://musicianbio.org/tiny-davis/

  • https://aaregistry.org/story/a-woman-with-serious-swing-ernestine-davis/

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeGgAX4PnUg

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