Lovie Austin

Cora "Lovie" Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 8, 1972) was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, singer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period.Santelli, Robert. The Big Book of Blues, Penguin Books, pg. 20, (2001);
She was born Cora Taylor in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Lovie grew up with eight brothers and... meer