Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 - The Final Chapter [Box set]

Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 - The Final Chapter [Box set]

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The last two-CD set in this five-volume collection contains a lot of curiosities, and several pieces of required listening as well: "Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl," "Do Your Duty," and "Gimme a Pigfoot" are all here. For curiosities, there's the St. Louis Blues soundtrack, from a film short that contains the only footage of Smith. The second CD consists entirely of interviews with Smith's niece, Ruby Smith, which, while of secondary interest to the music, make for fascinating listening. In a gradual, rambling way, Ruby constructs an image of her famous aunt that reveals additional facets of the Empress of the Blues. --Genevieve Williams

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Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 - The Final Chapter [Box set]

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