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Bessie Jones
- Country / region
- United States
- Recording years
- 1960–2014
- Recordings
- 13
- Albums and releases
- 8
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Bessie Jones in United States
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ARTIST STORY
Meet 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.
BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS
Basic information
- Type
- Solo artist
- Country / region
- United States
- Birth date
- February 8, 1902
- Death date
- July 17, 1984
- Roles
- Singer
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DISCOGRAPHY
Albums in the current scope
Album·1998
Southern Journey, Volume 13: Earliest Times
Album·2003
Goodbye, Babylon
Album·1960
American Folk Songs for Children
Album·1979
Step It Down: Games For Children By Bessie Jones
Album·1997
Southern Journey, Volume 1: Voices From the American South
Album·1997
The Alan Lomax Collection Sampler
Album·1998
Songs of Christmas From the Alan Lomax Collection
Album·2014
Get in Union
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