Is it any wonder that this vivacious force-of-nature captured hearts around the globe? Famous for her wild dancing and later for the beauty of her singing, style and sophistication; the likes of Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway were adoring fans. Josephine is the embodiment of a Jazz Baby, watching the instrument that is her body move those syncopated hips, I have the sense that she was a living cubist portrait. Sadly, America, was the one place where this Saint Louis, Missouri native failed to receive her just accolades. The French adopted her and she returned the favor by taking up citizenship there...
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