Black and Blue (musical)

Black and Blue
MusicW. C. Handy
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Fats Waller
Eubie Blake
Big Maybelle
LyricsVarious
Productions1985 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.