Alberta Hunter: A Celebration in Blues

Frank C. Taylor. McGraw-Hill Companies, $8.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-07-063172-4

The ``highfalutin embellishment of Hunter's reminiscences presents a tough, determined, rather unscrupulous singer whose elegance and sense of style impressed critics and audiences on two continents,'' recorded PW of this biography of a ``ragtime songbird deluxe.'' Photos. (July)

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