As one of Our Recommendations and Recommended Recordings, we recommend Empress of the Blues, Volume 2: 1926-1933, a 4 CD box set of Bessie Smith recordings, 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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We also recommend Volume 1 of this complete collection of Bessie Smith recordings: Bessie Smith, Queen of the Blues, Volume 1 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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