Rob Paparozzi at Blues And Jazz For Mamie Smith Festival at Blues And Jazz For Mamie Smith Festival

The six-hour “Blues for Mamie” show, hosted by WFDU-FM deejay and singer Nikki Armstrong features some of the biggest names in blues and jazz, including Michael Hill, Rob Paparozzi, Dave Fields, Robert Ross, Michael Packer and Queen Esther. Spoken-word artist Mo Beasley will perform a tribute to Mamie Smith; bassist/composer Pete Cummings is the event’s musical director.

Tickets are $20 at the door or $14 in advance at http://mamie.bpt.me. The site also has a complete description of the concert, performers, and a link to the venue.

Proceeds from the online Indiegogo drive http://igg.me/at/mamie3, “Blues for Mamie” ticket sales, and raffles of Mamie-related art and ephemera at the concert will fund the completion of the three-foot-tall granite monument to Mamie now in production. It features an etched photographic portrait of the singer and a fitting epitaph noting her important contribution to recorded American music history....

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The six-hour “Blues for Mamie” show, hosted by WFDU-FM deejay and singer Nikki Armstrong features some of the biggest names in blues and jazz, including Michael Hill, Rob Paparozzi, Dave Fields, Robert Ross, Michael Packer and Queen Esther. Spoken-word artist Mo Beasley will perform a tribute to Mamie Smith; bassist/composer Pete Cummings is the event’s musical director.

Tickets are $20 at the door or $14 in advance at http://mamie.bpt.me. The site also has a complete description of the concert, performers, and a link to the venue.

Proceeds from the online Indiegogo drive http://igg.me/at/mamie3, “Blues for Mamie” ticket sales, and raffles of Mamie-related art and ephemera at the concert will fund the completion of the three-foot-tall granite monument to Mamie now in production. It features an etched photographic portrait of the singer and a fitting epitaph noting her important contribution to recorded American music history.

The stone will be unveiled at a graveside ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 – three days before the 68th anniversary of her death. Proceeds will also be used to establish a much needed maintenance fund for her gravesite at Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, as well as other gravesites in need.

The organizer, blues/jazz journalist Michael Cala also notes that “Crazy Blues” by “Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds” was entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994; in 2005, it was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress, commonly known as the “National Jukebox.” http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4900/

Mamie's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mamiespage

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