Would you be interested in knowing more about my public performances as a vocalist/musician?? If you are, please check out Songbird at the Shopping Mall and From Piano to Puccini. I am the author of these coffee table books available on Amazon. Who is Bessie Smith? She was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. In this podcast, I reminisce about an evening with Bessie Smith on Broadway. Thank you for listening.