Quote of the day
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Lovie Austin
Born: September 19, 1887
Died: July 8, 1972 (aged 84)
Bio: Cora "Lovie" Austin was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, singer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period.