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Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream Best Price: $25.00 The woman's FEELING IT! This should be on anybody's Top 10 Blues albums. Really exquisite tone... | Koko Taylor - I Got What It Takes Best Price: $7.60 This is Koko Taylor's first Alligator album, forty minutes of tough electric blues and one of... | American Songbook Series: Cole Porter Best Price: $33.48 authentic styling and voices. Cole Porter as written and played on Broadway. It's a look into... | Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith Best Price: $8.49 No, I have nothing against stereo technology, but when an album is originally released in mono,... | Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Complete Columbia Golden Years Best Price: $43.95 The Spanish label "Definitive Records" collected 233 songs, including all the studio... |
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A Fine Romance: Jerome Kern Songbook Best Price: $8.99 This is one of my all-time favorite CDs. I originally bought this as a cassette but recently... | Joe Robichaux - 1929-1933 Best Price: $13.14 I've waited for this reissue for over 20 years. I found Joe Robichaux's "Stormy... | Dinah Washington - Verve Jazz Masters 19 Best Price: $4.94 Starting with some hot but slightly populist swing, then turning to schmultzy (this word doesn't... | Kay Starr - The Ultimate Collection Best Price: $6.35 This 3CD Set Is A Blessing To Kay Starr Fans And To The Disc Jockeys That
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Dinah Washington - Dinah! The first LP that I purchased in my teens was "The World Of Dinah Washington" and what... | Dinah Washington - The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 1 (1946-1949) Best Price: $62.61 The way this music is sold merits 0 stars. The music itself rates 5 stars. As another reviewer... | Koko Taylor - What It Takes: The Chess Years THIS CD FEATURES KOKO TAYLOR RELEASES FROM THE CHESS LABEL IN THE 1960'S MOSTLY WRITTEN BY HER... | Billie Holiday - Verve Jazz Masters 12: Billie Holiday Best Price: $5.58 I am thrilled to see how many different recordings there are of Billie Holiday material. My... | Mildred Bailey - Me and the Blues Best Price: $13.64 In all liklihood, Mildred Bailey SINGS "Me and the Blues" is not the sort of vintage... |
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Bessie Smith - Do Your Duty: The Essential Recordings of Bessie Smith Best Price: $6.14 | Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues Best Price: $16.69 I read many of the reviews of the "Amtrak Blues" album and I was very amused by most... | Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise Best Price: $14.44 Okay, okay before we even start here let's get something straight. I took more than my share of... | Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday at Storyville Best Price: $21.69 I put on my Ultimate Ears, and I was in the audience! I should have bought this record a long... | Art Deco Series : Lovely Ladies Of Stage & Screen Best Price: $38.97 Gives us a glimpse into the talents of female singers who performed on radio, in film, and in... |
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Helen Humes - Songs I Like to Sing! Best Price: $6.88 Can't really top ?N. Dorward "obsessive reviewer"'s review except to say that sound is... | Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues: The Best of Mamie Smith Best Price: $14.99 MANY NELEIVE MAMIE'S HUGE HIT CRAZY BLUES, WAS THE 1ST BLUES EVER RECORDE, ALTHOUGH TAHT IS NOT... | Ladies Sing The Blues: Mercury Records 1945-1957 Best Price: $39.99 An Exciting Nostalgic Collection of Blues Vocalists from Alma to Zilla (Mondy to Brown) - a... | Bessie Smith - Chattanooga Gal Best Price: $14.91 It was at Columbia Records in the early seventies when I first heard of Bessie Smith. Columbia... | Billie Holiday - Early Lady Day: 1933-1937 Best Price: $12.95 It's a darn good thing that Billie Holiday didn't stop with the "Your Mother's... |
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Etta James - Live from San Francisco Best Price: $5.84 Although this was released in 1994, it was actually recorded in March 1981. Etta and friends... | Billie Holiday - The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol.7: 1938-1939 Best Price: $40.00 I would not say this particular set is very memorable only because the song selection is not the... | Cabin in the Sky - Original Soundtrack Best Price: $6.10 Reissue of the soundtrack to director Vincente Minnelli's 1943 musical/ fantasy/ comedy... | Dinah Washington - Compact Jazz: Dinah Washington Best Price: $7.00 Although not usually considered in the same class as
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Billie Holiday - Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 1 Best Price: $8.23 I've never heard the Compact Disc version of this LP, and I'm sure it's nearly just as... | Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin Best Price: $19.98 Does it help to be a MASOCHIST in order to fully ABSORB this AWESOME product?.....well, yes,... | Etta James - Come a Little Closer Best Price: $2.16 I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THIS CD BASED UPON HEARING ONE SONG: "OUT ON THE STREET AGAIN".... | Billie Holiday - This Is Jazz, Vol. 32: Billie Holiday Sings Standards Best Price: $5.99 Indeed, there are dozens of Billie Holiday collections. This one is made mostly of popular songs... | Koko Taylor - Jump for Joy Best Price: $6.48 This has become my favorite Koko Taylor CD. You truly do want to jump for joy when you listen... |
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Dinah Washington - The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 7 (1961) Add this to your must have Dianh Washington list. Do not hesitate..it is brillant. | Empty Bed Blues: Best of the Good Time Mommas Best Price: $30.04 Tracks Include: Bessie Smith-You@ve Been A Good Ole Wagon, Lucille Bogan-Shave Em@dry #2,... | Female Blues Singers, Vol. 13: 1921-31 Best Price: $6.87 | Billie Holiday - The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vols.1, 2 & 3 Best Price: $104.02 "Columbia" collected works of Billie Holiday is something Im the most proud of in my... | Etta James - 20th Century Masters: The Best of Etta James Millennium Collection (Eco-Friendly Packaging) Best Price: $4.25 Etta James has gone over a long, long and kaleidoscopic road around the most different rhythms... |
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Memphis Minnie - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1935-1941) Best Price: $11.35 | Mamie Smith - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1921-1922) Best Price: $6.88 Volume Two in the Ducument labels complete and chronological Mamie Smith series is highlighted... | Bessie Smith - Empress of the Blues, Vol, 2: 1926-1933 Best Price: $16.17 JSP records has long been known for its meticulously re-mastered reissues of vintage blues,... | Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Story 1945-1955 Best Price: $149.45 This INCREDIBLE 8-CD set covers all of the Mercury blues, R&B and jump music from post-WWII... | The Jazz Singers 1919-1994 Best Price: $59.89 Way back when this slice of history was still in print , and at a reasonable price.....The Jazz... |
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Louis Armstrong - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Best Price: $33.24 The version I have is the small box and was listening to it the whole day today.The sound is not... | Verve Jazz Masters 60: The Collection Best Price: $37.12 Great stuff. If I were making my own collection of my all time favorites a good share of these... | Lonnie Johnson - Idle Hours Best Price: $4.99 I was introduced to Lonnie Johnson's clean, spare guitar style on a compilation of blues legends... | Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words From the Harlem Renaissance Best Price: $59.97 The quality of music and poetry in this boxed set is superlative. It's so good, in fact, that it... | Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1930-1931) Best Price: $6.88 |
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Jimmy Van Heusen - Moonlight Becomes You: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen Best Price: $18.43 Sinatra's favorite composer--for both torch songs and swingers--the mightily underrated Van... | Kay Starr & Barney Bigard - Complete Lamplighter Recordings 1945-1946 Best Price: $11.91 What a wonderful side. This CD is good from top to bottom. No clunkers here. What a talent. I... | Victoria Spivey - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1926-1927) Best Price: $12.36 Victoria Spivey doesn't sing, she moans, and not heavy like Ma Rainey but hauntingly, and... | Alberta Hunter - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1921-1923) Best Price: $16.97 Alberta Hunter was more of a sophistocated caberet singer then a blues shouter, she is suave... | American Songbook Series: Duke Ellington Best Price: $34.13 |
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Memphis Minnie - 1949-1953, Vol. 3 Best Price: $10.01 | Esther Phillips - The Country Side of Esther Phillips/Set Me Free Best Price: $10.98 Although her voice is not what one might consider as aesthetically pleasing and melodic in the... | Alberta Hunter - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1923-24) Best Price: $16.97 | | |