Helen Humes was a remarkable blues and popular singer for the Basie Band following Billie Holiday. She embodied the blues’ playful spirit and deep emotions with her delightful and girlish timbre.Visit<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/rapp-on-jazz"> southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz</a> for full transcripts.

Helen Humes was a remarkable blues and popular singer for the Basie Band following Billie Holiday. She embodied the blues’ playful spirit and deep emotions with her delightful and girlish timbre. Visit southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz for full transcripts.

Helen Humes was a remarkable blues and popular singer for the Basie Band following Billie Holiday. She embodied the blues’ playful spirit and deep emotions with her delightful and girlish timbre.Visit<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/rapp-on-jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer"> southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz</a> for full transcripts.

Helen Humes

Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.

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Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.

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