Bessie Jones

Bessie Jones is a solo artist associated with United States whose catalog here spans 1960–2014. The artist is connected with Blues, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Blues shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Hambone”, “Johnny Cuckoo”, “Juba”, “Peep Squirrel”. Then move to “Southern Journey, Volume 13: Earliest Times” and “Goodbye, Babylon” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.