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- Giorgio Armani
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Bessie Smith
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Bibliography
- “Bessie Smith: Selected Artist Biography.” PBS: Jazz, a Film by Ken Burns. June 29, 2007
- Albertson, Chris. Bessie. Yale University Press, 2003
Selected Works
- After You’ve Gone (2001)
- An Introduction to Bessie Smith: Her Best Recordings 1923-1933 (1996)
- Beale Street Mama (1996)
- Bessie Smith Sings the Jazz (1996)
- Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (1991)
- Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (1991)
- Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 (1992)
- Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (1993)
- Best of the Empress of the Blues (2004)
- Down Hearted Blues (2006)
- Queen of the Blues Vol. 1 (2007)
- St. Louis Blues (2005)
- The Collection (1989)
- The Essential Bessie Smith (1997)
- The Incomparable (1999
