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as blues singers chronicled experiences of racial prejudice

Charlie Christian

most notably the harmonica player Lazy Lester

Anita O'Day has long been admired as one of the very best jazz singers of the post-war era

The first quartet was written in 2017 at the request of the Czech Philharmonic Quartet

This great-value 107-track 4-CD set provides a comprehensive overview of his recording career from his early days with the Musicraft label and through his many years with Capitol through to the early '60s by which time his exploits as a chart artist were over

"Solid And Raunchy"

as with other groups the gospel quartets paved the way for the doowop boom of the '50s

but which peaked in the Top 10 in 1943

emotions reach a fever pitch

This excellent-value 49-track 2-CD set comprises his studio recordings in small ensembles

"The Empress Of The Blues"