Posted inBaker, Josephine (1906-75) Black People Chicago (Ill) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Harlem Renaissance Movement Holt, Nora Jazz Kansas Paris (France) Price, Florence (1887-1953)
The Curious Case of Nora Holt, a Pioneer of Black Classical Music and Jazz
Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs.