{"identifier":"CAT-Alb_6312235645112","browse_author":"Roger Englander (Director), Roger Englander (Producer) and Creative Arts Television (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_music"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350923119,"description":"Blues singer Alberta Hunter had a successful career in jazz and blues for 25 years, but quit in 1954 after the death of her mother. For 20 years she worked as a nurse before being \"rediscovered\" by Barney Josephson, owner of the New York City restaurant / jazz club \"The Cookery.\" Miss Hunter then resumed her career until her death a few years later. Here the blues singer is seen in concert before a live audience.With Gerald Cook - Piano and Al Hall - Bass. Music critic Whitney Balliett of the New Yorker Magazine gives background on her career and her place in music. Performance pieces include: - 100 Years from Today- Get Yourself a Working Man- The Best Things in Life are Free- I want a Two-Fisted, Double-Jointed, Rough and Ready Man- Jewish song in Yiddish \"I Love You Much Too Much\"- My Castle's Rocking (Composed by Hunter). Alberta Hunter was an American jazz singer and songwriter who had a successful career from the early 1920s to the late 1950s, and then stopped performing. After twenty years of working as a nurse, in 1977 Hunter successfully resumed her popular singing career until her death. Language - English","videoId":6312235645112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_music","title":"Alberta Hunter Blues Performance","xml_source":"bvl_music_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"CAT-Alb","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/e9008efa-cd26-46cd-a312-efa22b0d6519/20be0f8f-371e-413c-acd0-ca2d673dd2eb/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"concertsAndMusicalPerformances , Concerts and musical performances , jazzAndBluesMusic , Jazz and blues music , music , Music , celebrations , Celebrations , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , _19701979 , 1970\u20131979 , _19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , made_19701979 , 1970\u20131979 , made_19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , english , English , newYorkCity , New York City , northAmerica , North America , unitedStates , United States , origin_northAmerica , North America , origin_unitedStates , United States , video , Video , anthropology , Anthropology , genresOfMusic , Genres of music ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":1978,"publisher":"Creative Arts Television","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"CAT-Alb","facet":["_19001999","_19701979","anthropology","artsAndLiterature","celebrations","concertsAndMusicalPerformances","english","genresOfMusic","jazzAndBluesMusic","made_19001999","made_19701979","music","newYorkCity","northAmerica","origin_northAmerica","origin_unitedStates","unitedStates","video"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Roger Englander~Roger Englander~Creative Arts Television"}