Categories History & Biography Words and Songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone: Sound Motion, Blues Spirit, and African Memory (Studies in African American History and Culture) Post author By John Coltrane Post date 2012-08-18 [ReviewAZON asin=”0415980291″ display=”fullpost”] Tags african, american, bessie, billie, blues, culture, history, holiday, memory, motion, nina, simone, smith, songs, sound, spirit, studies, words