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Bessie Jones
Bessie Jones is credited on 97 releases across 26 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
97
Pressings credited
26
Albums
7
Decades active
82
In collections
Biography
Mary Elizabeth Jones (February 8, 1902 – July 17, 1984) was an American gospel and folk singer credited with helping to bring folk songs, games and stories to wider audiences in the 20th century. Alan Lomax, who first encountered Jones on a field recording trip in 1959, said, "She was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her the Mother Courage of American Black traditions."
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
97 releases · 26 albums · active 1960–2023
- Performance · 166
- Other credits · 37
Studios: Bell Tone Recording · The Hit Factory · Conway Studios · Minutia Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Moby
- Larkin Poe
- Ollabelle
- Elizabeth Mitchell
- Rob Thomas
- Leadbelly
- Joan Baez
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