As some of you know, my friend Fitzgerald is kind enough to allow me to post from time to time over at his fine blues blog, SqueezeMyLemon. This morning I featured Alberta Hunter, live. These performances were recorded when Ms. Hunter was in her 80s. She returned to music after a career in nursing. The hospital she worked for retired her, and she wasn’t much for sitting around being retired. She became quite popular after John Hammond from Columbia Records started recording her.

I’ve been familiar with Alberta Hunter’s later music for many years, but I don’t think I’ve heard any of her pre-retirement work. Perhaps Barberella has some? Meanwhile, pop over to SqueezeMyLemon and check out Ms. Hunter’s mature work.