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Table of Contents:

• Dark was the night (Blind Willie Johnson)
• Black woman (Vera Hall, Frederic Ramsey Jr.)
• Black snake moan (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
• Misery blues (Ma Rainey and Georgia Band)
• Working man's blues (King Oliver)
• No easy rider blues (Gertrude Perkins)
• Lord, I just can't keep from crying (Blind Willie Johnson)
• How long blues (Jimmy Yancey, piano solo)
• Mr. Jelly Lord (Jelly Roll Morton Trio with Johnny and Baby Dodds)
• Brid(e)well blues (Nolan Welsh, vocal, L. Armstrong, tpt., R.M. Jones, pf.)
• Careless love (Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra)
• Mean old bed bug blues (Bessie Smith)
• I'm not rough (Louis Armstrong with his Hot Five).

Contributors:

Ramsey, Frederic, Jr., 1915-1995

Johnson, Blind Willie , performer

Hall, Vera, 1902-1964 , performer

Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929 , performer

Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939 , performer

Oliver, King, 1885-1938 , performer

Perkins, Gertrude , performer

Yancey, Jimmy, 1898-1951 , performer

Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941 , performer

Dodds, Johnny, 1892-1940 , performer

Dodds, Baby, 1898-1959 , performer

Welsh, Nolan , performer

Jones, Richard M., 1892-1945 , performer

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 , performer

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 , performer

Jelly Roll Morton Trio , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Georgia Jazz Band , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Hot Five , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Works:

Dark was the night

Black woman

Black snake moan

Misery blues

Working man's blues

No easy rider blues

Lord, I just can't keep from crying

How long blues

Mr. Jelly Lord

Bridwell blues

Careless love

Mean old bed bug blues

I'm not rough

Related Series:

Jazz; v. 2

Subjects:

Blues (Music)

United States

Performers:

Various artists.

General Notes:

Blues music; various artists.
Recorded 1923-1948.
"Records from the collection of Frederic Ramsey, Jr."
Program notes by Ramsey ([4] pages)--inserted in container.
From the collection of Mark Logar.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono ; 12 in.

Physical Characteristics:

vinyl; 12 in.; 33 1/3 rpm

Audio Characteristics:

analog; 33 1/3 rpm; mono

Call Numbers:

LPZ

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Folkways Records: FP 55

OCLC Numbers:

19335048