Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women

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Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women

1989

0h 30m

1.0(2 votes)

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This profile of storied trumpeter of jazz, Tiny Davis, and her cohort pianist-drummer, Ruby Lucas, is an amalgam of artifacts about the two women, accompanied with poetry by Cheryl Clarke.

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Ernestine Davis

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