Jones, Bessie 1902-1984

Overview

Works:	144 works in 222 publications in 2 languages and 5,992 library holdings
Genres:	Music Blues (Music) Songs Spirituals (Songs) Biography Folklore Children's songs Folk music Gospel music Field recordings
Roles:	Performer, Author, Singer, Other, Contributor
Classifications:	M1670, 796.13

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Bessie Jones

For the ancestors : autobiographical memories by Bessie Jones( Book )
Yonder come day( Visual )
William R. Ferris collection by William R Ferris( )
Guy and Candie Carawan collection( )
Willie Ruff Interviews : [oral history] by Willie Ruff( )

North American Traditions collection by Mark Wilson( )
Bessie Jones : a brief little life, only 12 years, 6 months, 18 days( Book )
Oral history interview with Bessie Jones by Bessie Jones( Recording )
Bess Lomax Hawes collection( )
FolkScene collection( )
Festival of American folklife 1982 by Smithsonian Institution( Visual )
Guy and Candie Carawan collection( )
Gene Bluestein collection by Gene Bluestein( )
Towards an ethnography of voice in Amerafrican culture : an oral traditional register in four women's narratives by Lynn Lewis( Book )

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Most widely held works by Bessie Jones

Step it down : games, plays, songs, and stories from the Afro-American heritage by Bessie Jones( Book )

15 editions published between 1972 and 2000 in English and held by 1,411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The 70 activities collected here engage young children in games that involve cooperation and sharing . Includes simple directions, notes, lyrics, music and suggestions for how to use the book. The cassette features the singing of Georgia Sea Islander Bessie Jones

Georgia Sea Island songs by Hobart Smith( Recording )

7 editions published between 1977 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 632 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Spirituals and secular songs sung and played by residents of St. Simon's Island, Ga

Old Mother Hippletoe : rural and urban children's songs by Barry Jean Ancelet( Recording )

3 editions published between 1978 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The roots of the blues by Alan Lomax( Recording )

3 editions published in 1977 in Undetermined and English and held by 416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Friends of Old Time Music( Recording )

5 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This CD contains 55 tracks including first concert appearances by Doc Watson, Roscoe Holcomb, Clarence Ashley, Joseph Spence, and more

Sheep, sheep, don'tcha know the road?( Recording )

1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Velvet voices( Recording )

1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Georgia Sea Islands( Recording )

2 editions published between 1959 and 1998 in English and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Earliest times( Recording )

1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Goodbye, Babylon( Recording )

4 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collection of 135 gospel songs from the period 1902-1960, and 25 sermons from the period 1926-1941. Accompanying book contains history, program and biographical notes, lyrics, transcriptions of sermons, and associated Bible verses

Georgia Sea Island Singers by Bess Lomax Hawes( Visual )

3 editions published in 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The films were made in the Anthropology Department of San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University at Northridge). Edmund Carpenter founded the department with the intention of moving anthropology beyond the book. He felt that the realities and insights of anthropology were often better represented in the arts than in scholarly texts and between 1957 and 1967 he led a flourishing and experimental department. In addition to cultural anthropologists, physical anthropologists and linguists, his faculty included folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes along with artists, musicians, animators and filmmakers

Buckdancer by Bess Lomax Hawes( Visual )

3 editions published in 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The films were made in the Anthropology Department of San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University at Northridge). Edmund Carpenter founded the department with the intention of moving anthropology beyond the book. He felt that the realities and insights of anthropology were often better represented in the arts than in scholarly texts and between 1957 and 1967 he led a flourishing and experimental department. In addition to cultural anthropologists, physical anthropologists and linguists, his faculty included folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes along with artists, musicians, animators and filmmakers

Say old man - can you play the fiddle? by Bess Lomax Hawes( Visual )

2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The films were made in the Anthropology Department of San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University at Northridge). Edmund Carpenter founded the department with the intention of moving anthropology beyond the book. He felt that the realities and insights of anthropology were often better represented in the arts than in scholarly texts and between 1957 and 1967 he led a flourishing and experimental department. In addition to cultural anthropologists, physical anthropologists and linguists, his faculty included folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes along with artists, musicians, animators and filmmakers

Step it down by Bessie Jones( Recording )

5 editions published between 1979 and 1988 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Games, plays, songs and stories from the Afro-American heritage

I heard it on NPR : down to the roots( Recording )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 85 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shall we gather at the river : African-American sacred music from the Florida Folklife Collection( Recording )

1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

African-American sacred music from the Florida Folklife Collection

Pizza pizza daddy-o by Bess Lomax Hawes( Visual )

4 editions published between 2003 and 2017 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The films were made in the Anthropology Department of San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University at Northridge). Edmund Carpenter founded the department with the intention of moving anthropology beyond the book. He felt that the realities and insights of anthropology were often better represented in the arts than in scholarly texts and between 1957 and 1967 he led a flourishing and experimental department. In addition to cultural anthropologists, physical anthropologists and linguists, his faculty included folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes along with artists, musicians, animators and filmmakers

Negro church music by Alan Lomax( Recording )

3 editions published in 1961 in Undetermined and English and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Put your hand on your hip, and let your backbone slip : songs and games from the Georgia Sea Islands by Bessie Jones( Recording )

3 editions published in 2001 in English and German and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Norton Jazz recordings( Recording )

2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 58 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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