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	Eva Jessye
		Jessye saw a similar rhythm in spoken word, and began writing poetry at an early age.
		Jessye believed African Americans should have the choice to experience the creative sounds of the many talented jazz musicians and, at the same time, be encouraged to retain their ethnic musical roots.
		Eva Jessye, the "grand dame of Black music in America," died in 1992 though her spirit lives on through the music and poetry she created.
	www.kshs.org /people/jessye_eva.htm (498 words)

	African American Registry: Artistic wisdom, Eva Jessye!
		Eva Jessye* was born on this date in 1895.
		Born Eva Alberta Jessye in Coffeyville, Kansas near Oklahoma, her father supported the family as a chicken picker.
		Jessye’s authentic touches to the piece deepened it cultural flavor of the fl experience for the fine translation by Gershwin.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1340/Artistic_wisdom_Eva_Jessye (380 words)

	African American Music Collection: the holdings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jessye was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on January 20, 1895.
		Most of Jessye's materials center on her work in George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess." Being selected the unofficial music director, Jessye talks with Professor Standifer about how she got the job, and how she help authenticate the Afro-Americanism in the choral work of the productions.
		Jessye acted as an adviser for the BBC's For the Children: Huckleberry Finn and Down in the Valley (1952) and performed in the 1959 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "Kiss Me Kate." In 1963, her choir was designated the official chorus of Martin Luther King's civil rights march on Washington, DC.
	www.umich.edu /~afroammu/jessye_more.html (599 words)

	AXE - Special Collections - Eva Jessye
		Jessye taught in elementary schools in Taft, Haskell, and Muskogee, Oklahoma before she became a reporter and columnist for the Baltimore (Maryland) Afro-American in 1925.
		She established the Eva Jessye Collection at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1977 and served as that University's Artist-In-Residence from 1978 to 1981.
		Eva Jessye died on February 21, 1992 at the age of 97 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
	library.pittstate.edu /spcoll/ndxjessye.html (2896 words)

	Eva Jessye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eva Jessye (January 20, 1895, Coffeyville, Kansas—February 21, 1992, Ann Arbor, Michigan)—the first fl woman to receive international distinction as a professional choral conductor.
		In 1926 she began to perform regularly with her choir, the Eva Jessye Singers, who were originally called the Dixie Jubilee Singers.
		Further, Jessye composed her own pieces, including her folk oratorio Paradise Lost and Regained (1934), The Life of Christ in Negro Spirituals (1931), and The Chronicle of Job (1936).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eva_Jessye (207 words)

	AXE - Special Collections - Eva Jessye - My Spirituals
		Eva Jessye won critical acclaim for her collection of My Spirituals, published in 1927.
		In a personal note, Robeson indicated two of her arrangements would be used in his future performances.
		In My Spirituals Jessye wrote, "'On Jerdon's Stormy Bank I Stand' is a baptismal song common to all sections of the country but in this particular locality, [the Verdigris River in southeast Kansas] 'March Down to Jerdon,' was just as often used.
	library.pittstate.edu /spcoll/myspirituals.html (261 words)

	The HistoryMakers
		Born in 1895, Eva Jessye gained prominence as the foremost African American choral conductor of her era.
		Eva Jessye eventually attracted the attention of Broadway producers, and she became the original conductor for Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Vidor’s Hallelujah.
		Later, during the Civil Rights Movement, the Eva Jessye Choir was named the official choir for Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 march.
	www.thehistorymakers.com /glossary/glossarytext.asp?index=35 (127 words)

	Historical Calendar, Kansas Authors Club
		She is best known for her Eva Jessye Choir and as choral director for Porgy and Bess.
		Eva was an avid reader who wrote her first poem at age seven and won a contest at age thirteen.
		The Eva Jessye Choir served as the official chorus for the event.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /orgs/kac/historicalcalendar.html (9417 words)

	African American Music Collection: the holdings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Grant Still, the ensemble Fisk Jubilee Singers, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, blues and pop music artist such as Bessie Smith, Chuck Berry, W C Handy, The Mills Bros., The Supremes, Billie Holiday plus many other actors/actresses, bandleaders, night club entertainers, dance ensembles, cultural leaders, as well as many theatrical programs.
		There are over 600 photographs of performing artists, fl cultural leader, political leaders and many pictures of various Eva Jessye Choirs.
		Materials include letters to and from George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Todd Duncan, Jester Hairston and other persons associated with "Porgy and Bess." Also included are numerous poems written by Dr. Jessye and her personal memoirs.
	www.umich.edu /~afroammu/jessye.html (169 words)

	Who's on the 06 KNEA Read Across Kansas poster?
		Eva Jessye, a singer, actress, composer, choral director, author and poet lived in Coffeyville, Caney, Iola and Pittsburg, Kansas.
		Jessye saw the opportunity to preserve African American music by arranging and recording spirituals in concert tradition.
		Jessye marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
	ks.nea.org /readacross/RAA06-posternames.html (464 words)

	AXE - Special Collections - Eva Jessye - Selected Poems of Eva Jessye
		The following is a transcription of Eva Jessye's "Selected Poems", published by the Little Balkans Press in 1978.
		It has been entered as pre-formatted text to preserve the original look as much as possible.
		SELECTED POEMS By Dr. Eva Jessye Pittsburg, Kansas The Little Balkans Press 1978 ----- Published October 1, 1978: Dr. Eva Jessye Day.
	library.pittstate.edu /spcoll/jessye1.html (1103 words)

	Virgin Megastores : Porgy And Bess Gershwin [US Import] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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		A Woman Is A Sometime Thing/Introducing Summertime (2.49) - Edward Mathews, Eya Jessye Choir, Harriet Jackson
		Bess, You Is My Woman (4.36) - Anne Brown, Eva Jessye Choir, Todd Duncan
	www.virginmegastores.co.uk /invt/316921 (349 words)

	William Grant Still, African American Composer, Arranger & Oboist
		AC: Eva Jessye Choir; Collegiate Choir; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.
		CD: Marvin Hayes, narrator; Louise Burge, contralto; Lawrence Winters, narrator; Eva Jessye Choir; Collegiate Choir; NBC Symphony Orchetra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor and announcer (1942).
		Première: 1927/IV/26; New York, School for Social Research; Jessie Zachary, soprano.
	chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com /still.html (7949 words)

	Internet Broadway Database: The Eva Jessye Choir (Eva Jessye, Choral Conductor) Credits on Broadway
		Internet Broadway Database: The Eva Jessye Choir (Eva Jessye, Choral Conductor) Credits on Broadway
		The Eva Jessye Choir (Eva Jessye, Choral Conductor)
		Performer: The Eva Jessye Choir (Eva Jessye, Choral Conductor) [Ensemble]
	www.ibdb.com /person.asp?id=97366 (60 words)

	Say Brother \| Slices of Life
		Eve Jessye: Black American Folk Music (motion picture)
		Program consists of a collection of excerpts from works made by independent video artists utilizing the 1/2 inch videotape format.
		The Say Brother Collection Web site is a production of the WGBH Archives.
	main.wgbh.org /saybrother/programs/sb_0711.html (53 words)

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