Black and Blue | |
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Music | W. C. Handy Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Fats Waller Eubie Blake Big Maybelle |
Lyrics | Various |
Productions | 1985 Paris 1989 Broadway European Tours 1993 PBS Television |
Black and Blue is a musical revue celebrating the black culture of dance and music in Paris between World War I and World War II.
Based on an idea by Mel Howard and conceived by Hector Orezzoli and Claudio Segovia, it consists of songs by artists such as W. C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Eubie Blake, and Big Maybelle and skits peppered with bits of bawdy humor.