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A Woman’s Soul: A Tribute to Bessie Smith
Rory Block
Label: Stoney Plain Records
Released: 2018
Views: 112
Track Listing
Do Your Duty; Kitchen Man; Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town; Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer; Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl; I’m Down in the Dumps; Black Mountain; Weeping Willow Blues; On Revival Day; Empty Bed Blues.
Personnel
Rory Block: vocals and all instruments.
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I love jazz because of Miles Davis and Vitor Assis Brasil. I was first exposed to jazz seeing I Festival Internacional de Jazz de São Paulo in 1978. I met Ron Carter at Arpoador. The best show I ever attended was Miles Davis at Canecão in Rio de Janeiro. The first jazz record I bought was Memorial Clifford Brown. My advice to new listeners..
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