- Young Woman's Blues - Queen Latifah - Bessie Smith
- A Hot Time In the Old Town - Vince Giordano - Giordano - Joe Hayden - Theodore August Metz
- Prove It On Me - Ma Rainey - Carmen Twillie
- Weary Blues - Armstrong - Artje Matthews
- Weepin' Woman Blues - Pat Bass - Queen Latifah - Ma Rainey
- See See Rider - Ma Rainey - Tamar-Kali
- Ballin' the Jack - Jim Burris - Ory
- Down Hearted Blues - Lovie Austin - Alberta Hunter - Queen Latifah
- A Good Man is Hard To Find - Eddie Green - Waller
- Preachin' the Blues - Queen Latifah - Bessie Smith
- I've Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away) - Giordano - Hezekiah Jenkins - Clarence Williams
- Work House Blues - Queen Latifah - Ted Wallace
- I'm a Mighty Tight Woman (Remasterd 2002) - Sippie Wallace
- (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue - Armstrong - Harry Brooks - Andy Razaf - Fats Waller
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh - Ted Fiorito - Sam M. Lewis - Cecile McLorin Salvant - Joe Young
- Long Old Road - Queen Latifah - Bessie Smith
- Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer [2015 Remix] - Adam Blackstone - Vivian Green - Dana Owens - Queen Latifah - Bessie Smith - Wesley Wilson
HBO’s recent biopic about Bessie Smith got us all thinking about, and listening to, blues music again, and reflecting on what an incredible artistic phenomenon it is. Combining multiple folk music styles and traditions, its structure and chord progressions became the bedrock of popular music in the 20th century. Not only that, it is uniquely American music. The […]