Earliest Blues and Jazz Collections

2 Collections of Early Blues and Jazz Music

Really The Blues: A Blues History (1893 1959)

Produced by Allen Lowe featuring rare recordings by Bert Williams, W.C. Handy, Al Bernard, Wilbur Sweatman, Mamie Smith, Kid Ory, Marion Harris, Ethel Waters, Sophie Tucker, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Bessie Smith, King Oliver, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and many other artists.

That Devilin Tune: A Jazz History (1895-1950)

From Allen Lowe, the Writer/Producer of 'Minstrel to Mojo: An Audio History of American Popular Song, 1893~1946,' comes this epic survey of jazz. Volume I containing rare recordings by Al Jolson, Bert Williams, W.C. Handy, Eubie Blake, Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and others.

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Visions of Jazz: The First Century by Gary Giddins

(MP3 Googledrive Access)