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A music was resonating from Max Dana's office this morning: it was Lena Horne singing 'Stormy Weather'. We were intrigued by this beautiful voice but it wasn't the first time we heard it. As some of you may already know, Max Dana is huge fan (not to say an expert) of the Jazz singers of this era. 'The great Lena Horne died', she said.
Some of us didn't know who she was (and I am one of them, I should be ashamed, I know) and we learned as a Jazz singer and an actress she experienced the worst type of racism during her lifetime and that she was an inspiration to the black soldiers during WWII. She was also involved in the Civil Rights Movement and she got her name onto blacklists during the red-hunting McCarthy era.
You can read many articles about her life, starting with Wikipedia if you don't know her already. Max Dana will probably write about Lena Horneon her blog but we wanted to mention this amazing singer on the Sama Gazette today.
Below is the video of 'Stormy Weather' ; her sultry and extremely expressive voice captivated us as soon as we heard it, just like in many of her other songs did ('Moon River', 'Wouldn't It Be Lovely', 'The Man I Love'...).
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I just sent my comment about Mother’s Day and when the page reloaded I saw this very sad news… Lena Horne was a icon of this era, this is very sad she died
Hi everyone! I loved Lena Horne so much, this is a very, very sad news… She was a black woman who fought all her life to be considered just as what she was: a beautiful woman, an amazing singer and a very good actress.
As a black person born in Europe, living in Canada (Quebec) with roots from Africa, I can feel all the sadness from many people around me. The mother of my boyfriend listened to her in her youth and told me a lot of good things about her.
Her voice is so clear, so perfect! No female singer of today will ever equal her. Today, it’s all about being the more trash or the more eccentric possible. It has nothing to do with talent anymore excepted maybe for jazz singers. Else, the voice doesn’t count anymore
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