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Artist:
Bessie Smith
Title:
Queen Of The Blues Volume 1



Details:
Bessie Smith stands astride the genre like a colossus. by 1921 even before she started recording Bessie was a star - and when she did start recording in February 1923 her first release (the opening two tracks of this set) sold 750 000 copies. From then on she recorded prolifically the 90 tracks here on which she is accompanied by the likes of Clarence Williams Fletcher Henderson Don Redman Fred Longshaw and Louis Armstrong. Halfway through 1926 Bessie took a rest. A fitting break between this volume and the next.

Label: JSP

This item was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 April, 2008