'round to midnight ...

  When Valaida Snow sat in with Earl Hines & His Orchestra on February 3, 1933, she sounded at first like an auditioning youngster....

  When Valaida Snow played her trumpet, she sounded a bit like Herman Autrey, Emmett Berry, or Shad Collins. As a singer she could be ...

  When Valaida Snow made a handful of hot records in Copenhagen during October of 1940, she had no idea that her recording career was ab...