Cassidy was just 33 years old when she died from cancer in 1996, not long after releasing her "Live at Blues Alley" CD. It wasn’t until after her death that her music gained international attention.

In 1996, D.C. native Eva Cassidy performed live at historic Blues Alley in Georgetown. It would tragically be one of her last, succumbing to melanoma later that year at age 33.

Jazz album: “Live at Blues Alley” by Eva Cassidy, released in 2002 on Blix Street. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz ...

Scan image with the Layar app to view videos of Cayla Brooke singing “Fields of Gold” and an archival film of Eva Cassidy performing live at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. Cindy Goodman ...

In May of 1996, Eva Cassidy showed up at a release party for “Live at Blues Alley” walking with a cane. She had recently fallen while painting a mural and blamed the spill on a hip injury.

Eva Cassidy died three decades ago, but in her short life, she did do a number of recordings, most notably of her singing live at the Blues Alley club in her native Washington DC.

Later in 1998, Blix Street issued the complete LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY and EVA BY HEART, then, two years later, TIME AFTER TIME, which gathered various previously unissued Cassidy performances. It wasn't ...

This will mark the recording's first appearance on vinyl. Eva Cassidy's now legendary concert at Washington DC's Blues Alley nightclub on January 3, 1996 was in some ways a happy accident.