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Blues Queen
Bessie Smith
Blues Queen
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop
 
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2007 comprehensive collection covering Bessie's whole career. Bessie overcame tremendous odds to become the Empress of the Blues, the best blues singer of her era, and the source of numerous legends. Above all, Bessie had ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Bessie Smith
Title: Blues Queen
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Definitive Spain
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 4/23/2007
Album Type: Import
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop
Styles: Vocal Blues, Traditional Blues, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 8436006493744

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2007 comprehensive collection covering Bessie's whole career. Bessie overcame tremendous odds to become the Empress of the Blues, the best blues singer of her era, and the source of numerous legends. Above all, Bessie had a powerful and beautiful voice, and a strong personality which she imposed on every tune she chose to sing. Some of the tunes from her repertoire were composed by or for her, while she selected others from the vaudeville shows she often performed in. Most of the songs were Blues about lost lovers and personal problems, which in her voice sounded sincere and moving. This 24 track CD covers her whole career, beginning in her first session and ending in her last. It also includes all the masters she recorded backed by the great Louis Armstrong in 1925 and many other jewels. Definitive.