Ernestine "Tiny" Davis
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Uploaded by yakovsmirnov55 on Jun 21, 2008
Billed as "the hottest female trumpeter in the universe", Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, born in 1907 in Memphis, Tennessee, was often called the female Louis Armstrong. She was a member of the all-female International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a popular and innovatively interracial big band that was formed in the late 1930s. She was the group's best soloist, and was reportedly offered ten times her salary in the band to jump ship and go to work for Satchmo, who apparently loved her playing.
In the decades following the career of the band, Davis and her associates, such as her long-term (40 years) partner, pianist Ruby Lucas, became adopted as cultural heroes for the gay rights movement. Davis and Lucas, who also performed under the name of Renee Phelan, ran a bar called Tiny and Ruby's Gay Spot in Chicago during the 1950s.
This edited version of a documentary by Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss offers us a brief insight into the two women and their performing background - even showing us Davis jamming at home with her little grandson.
Davis died in 1994.
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@italianblond1 Thanks, even though that was not my mine, I still like it , and Tiny. Welcome to You Tube
swinginkatz 1 year ago
@swinginkatz TINY, played for us at our club , the shalimar.. she was the best.. we loved her big sister renee, bug eyes. they were the greatest... oh what sweet memories.. no one could blow a horn better then tiny.... rest in peace, until we all meet again...love you Dottie...
italianblond1 1 year ago
what do you mean what i am i doing about it? Kind of vague. I play a few instruments myself.
816midwest 2 years ago
So what are ya doin' 'bout it?
chas63 2 years ago
My great grandmother :). music does run in my genes.
816midwest 2 years ago
THANK YOU! This so inspirational.
mstoobad 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this. She's fabulous and I'll keep an eye out for the documentary.
layoutzz 2 years ago
i got to play bass with her in the 70s in waukegan she was sassy and irreverant soulful moment for a white boy
BigBishop1 2 years ago
What a Lady! Amazing music. Does anyone know where you can get any of the recordings? Thanks so much for posting.
Hils77 2 years ago
What a woman! Such a brilliant musician. Thanks for posting.
AmyK007 2 years ago