As one of Our Recommendations and Recommended Recordings, we recommend Queen of the Blues – Volume 1, a 4 CD set of Bessie Smith recordings, on JSP Records.

This is Volume 1 in a two volume series of the complete recordings of Bessie Smith on JSP Records.

CD cover, Bessie Smith - Queen of the Blues, Volume 1, on JSP Records.
CD cover, Bessie Smith – Queen of the Blues, Volume 1, on JSP Records.

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We also recommend the second box set in this series, Bessie Smith – Empress of the Blues, Volume 2: 1926-1933, also on JSP Records.

CD cover, Bessie Smith - Empress of the Blues, Volume 2: 1926-1933, on JSP Records.
CD cover, Bessie Smith – Empress of the Blues, Volume 2: 1926-1933, on JSP Records.

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