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A gift for Bessie. Dedicated to Bessie Smith.

Notated music

New York, Seesaw Music Corp. [c1973]

1973

1 item

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FormatNotated musicCall numberMusic-Am. (Sheet) 73-608Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music
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Work house blues; House rent blues [sound recording] / Ted Wallace.

Audio

New York: Columbia 81883 81884 14032D, [193-?]

1930-1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall numberSc Audio CM-43 [Side 1, no. 5-6] Re-recorded in cassette (counters 29 & 38) 2 track. monoItem locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

Dupont show of the week. America's music--Chicago and all that jazz [videorecording] / Produced as a special project by the NBC Television Network ; directed by James Elson ; associate producer, Norman Kahn.

Moving image

New York : NBC Television Network, 1961-11-26.

1961

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall numberSc Visual DVD-629 Item locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

A gift for Bessie : (1971) : for violin, bassoon, piano, vibraphone/percussion / by Stuart Saunders Smith.

Notated music

Baltimore, Md. : Smith Publications, c1990.

1990

1 item

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FormatNotated musicCall numberJNF 92-147Item locationOffsite
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The Ladies sing the blues [videorecording] / Minnesota Studio, Inc.

Moving image

New York, N.Y. : V.I.E.W. Inc., c1988.

1988-1986

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall number*LVH Cataloged Commercial video recordings Box 7Item locationOffsite

Saucy songs, 1928 to 1938 [sound recording].

Audio

[Australia] : ABC Records, p1989.

1989

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 4628 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

That's black entertainment [videorecording]

Moving image

c1989.

1989

0 resources

Le voci del jazz [sound recording].

Audio

[Italy] : Musica Jazz, p1984.

1984

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 4702Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Gin house blues [sound recording] / [Various artists].

Audio

E. Sussex, England : Pavilion Records, Ltd., p1992.

1992

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 13854 (F) [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatAudioCall number*LDC 13854 (F) [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Sorry but I can't take you [sound recording] : women's railroad blues.

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Rosetta Records, p1980

1980-1923

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall numberSc Audio RE-8340Item locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
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Kaffir [electronic resource] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop ; choreography by Reginald Wilson.

Moving image

c1990.

1990

1 resource

Available online

NYPL Digital Collections

Blues masters : the essential history of the blues. Volume I [videorecording] / a Lanny Lee production ; City Island Entertainment.

Moving image

Los Angeles, CA : Rhino Home Video, 1993.

1993

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall number*LVH Cataloged Commercial video recordings Box 13Item locationOffsite

St. Louis blues [Motion picture] / producer, Dick Currier ; director, Dudley Murphy.

Moving image

Davenport, Ia. : Blackhawk Films, 1929.

1929

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall number*LVF 53Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway [sound recording] : legendary black jazz stars in their first films.

Audio

Canaan, N.Y. : Biograph, p1978.

1978-1929

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 1740Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Old time record review. Program no. 3.1, Four smiths from Tin Pan Alley Harlem ; Program no. 3.2, Negro hillbilly music. [sousnd recording].

Audio

192-192

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 32288 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Body and soul [sound recording].

Audio

[S.l.] : Columbia Special Products, [197-?]

1970-1976

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 18376 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Columbia basic library of great jazz [sound recording] : outstanding jazz of every period.

Audio

[New York] : Columbia Masterworks, [195-?]

195

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 17815 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatAudioCall number*LZR 17815 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

LaVern Baker sings Bessie Smith [sound recording].

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Atlantic, [1958]

1958

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 11477 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

The songs of Bessie Smith [sound recording] / Teresa Brewer.

Audio

[New York] : Doctor Jazz Records, p1983.

1983

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 21900 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

The songs of Bessie Smith [sound recording] / Count Basie [and] Teresa Brewer.

Audio

New York : Flying Dutchman, [1973]

1973

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 25215 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Perry Bradford [sound recording] : pioneer of the blues / Noble Sissle interviews Perry Bradford.

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Folkways Records, c1980.

1980

2 items

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FormatAudioCall number*LZR 26196 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatAudioCall number*LZR 26196 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Dinah sings Bessie Smith [sound recording] / Dinah Washington ; with Eddie Chamblee and his orchestra.

Audio

Chicago : Emarcy, [195-?]

195

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 33537 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

1933 [sound recording] : jazz collection : l'histoire est d'actualité.

Audio

[Paris] : Jazz Magazine, p2002.

2002-1933

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 27966 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

The Riverside history of classic jazz [sound recording].

Audio

[New York] : Riverside, [195-]

195

5 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 42303 [Disc 5]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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FormatAudioCall number*LZR 42303 [Disc 4]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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FormatAudioCall number*LZR 42303 [Disc 3]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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[Choreographic works by Eleo Pomare] [videorecording] / Eleo Pomare Dance Company.

Moving image

1973-[1974?]

1973-1974

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall number*MGZIA 4-8094Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

[Choreographic works by Eleo Pomare] [videorecording] / Eleo Pomare Dance Company.

Moving image

1973.

1973

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall number*MGZIA 4-8085Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

1925 [sound recording] : l'histoire est d'actualité.

Audio

[Paris, France] : Jazz Magazine, p2002.

2002-1925

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 29175 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

The great blues singers [sound recording].

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Riverside, [194-?]

194

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZO 2081 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Red white & blues [sound recording] : women sing of America.

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Rosetta, [196-?]

196

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LRX 8080 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Sorry but I can't take you [sound recording] : women's railroad blues.

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Rosetta, p1980.

1980-1923

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LRX 8079 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

La Vern Baker sings Bessie Smith [sound recording].

Audio

New York : Atlantic, [196-]

196

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 52066 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

The story of the blues [sound recording].

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Columbia, [1970]

1970

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 56200 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

I like jazz! [sound recording].

Audio

[S.l.] : Columbia, [19--?]

1900-1978

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 56281 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Blues, blues Christmas, 1925-1955 [sound recording] : In the blues, jazz, boogie-woogie and gospel spirit.

Audio

[Wigtown, Scotland] : Document Records, p2005.

2005-1925

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 40137 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LDC 40137 [CD]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

What is jazz [sound recording] / Leonard Bernstein.

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Columbia Special Products, [195-?]

195

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LRX 9069 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

St. Louis blues [motion picture] / Dudley Murphy.

Moving image

Minneapolis, MN : Festival, 1929.

1929

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall numberM16 1861 SItem locationOffsite

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FormatMoving imageCall numberM16 1861 SItem locationOffsite

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Hot trumpets [sound recording].

Audio

Bridgeport, Conn. : Columbia, [194-?]

194

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LOA 892Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Women in jazz. The vocalists [videorecording] / : from Bessie to Billie / written, produced and directed by Burrill L. Crohn ; produced by Stoptime Productions, Inc., in association with ABC Video Enterprises, Inc.

Moving image

c1981.

1981

1 item

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FormatMoving imageCall number*LVH 85Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Schomburg Center LP record collection. S.

Audio

1960-2000

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall numberSc RE-SItem locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

The sound of Harlem.

Audio

[New York] : Columbia, [1964]

1964-1920

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall numberSc RE-8245Item locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

The Bessie Smith story.

Audio

Columbia, [1956]

1956-1952

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 76952Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

The Bessie Smith story.

Audio

Columbia, CL 855-858. [1956]

1956-1952

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 77042Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Hollywood rhythm. The Paramount musical shorts. Volume 1 / Kino International ; produced for video by Bret Wood.

Moving image

New York, N.Y. : Kino Video, [2001], ©2001.

2001-2001

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall numberMUSDVD90392Item locationOff-site

Blues masters : the essential history of the blues / a Lanny Lee production ; City Island Entertainment.

Moving image

Los Angeles, CA : Rhino Home Video, [2002]

2002

1 item

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FormatMoving imageCall numberMUSDVD170Item locationOff-site

"Saint Louis blues".

Audio

Milan, Italy : Durium, [1974], ℗1974.

1974-1924

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall numberJS2011Item locationOff-site

At the jazz band ball : early hot jazz, song and dance 1925-1933 / Yazoo presents ; produced by Sherwin Dunner and Richard Nevins.

Moving image

[Place of publication not identified] : Yazoo Video, [2000], ©2000.

2000-1993

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall numberMUSDVD90302Item locationOff-site

The blues heritage [sound recording] / King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith.

Audio

New York, N.Y. : Olympic ; Los Angeles, Calif. : Distributed by Everest Records, [1973]

1973

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall numberLS- 19240Item locationOff-site

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