Sunday, August 12, 2018

Kitchen Man

This is another post to consider points I made in my review of Rory Block's album "A Woman's Soul: A Tribute to Bessie Smith." This will be done through comparing her rendition of "Kitchen Man" with several other versions.



Next is the original by Bessie Smith.


Then there is a recent rendition by Catherine Russell


Next, Saffire- The Uppity Uppity Blues Women with the late Ann Rabson taking the vocal


Here is the late Chicago blues woman, Valerie Wellington


A recent recording by a traditional New Orleans styled band, the Yerba Buena Stompers w Miss Ida Blue 


And here one of Bessie's contemporaries, Sara Martin





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