Jones, Bessie 1902-1984
Overview
| Works: | 81 works in 171 publications in 2 languages and 6,058 library holdings |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Music Spirituals (Songs) Blues (Music) Songs Biographies Folklore Folk music Gospel music Children's songs Live sound recordings |
| Roles: | Performer, Author, Singer, Other, Creator, Musician |
| Classifications: | M1670, 796.13 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Bessie Jones
- For the ancestors : autobiographical memories by Bessie Jones( Book )
- Yonder come day( Visual )
- Festival of American folklife 1982 by Smithsonian Institution( Visual )
- North American Traditions collection by Mark Wilson( )
- FolkScene collection( )
- Guy and Candie Carawan collection( )
- Willie Ruff Interviews : [oral history] by Willie Ruff( )
- Towards an ethnography of voice in Amerafrican culture : an oral traditional register in four women's narratives by Lynn Lewis( Book )
- Bess Lomax Hawes collection( )
- Gene Bluestein collection by Gene Bluestein( )
- Guy and Candie Carawan collection( )
- William R. Ferris collection by William R Ferris( )
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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
)
14 editions published between 1972 and 2000 in English and held by 1,380 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
14 editions published between 1972 and 2000 in English and held by 1,380 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
)
8 editions published between 1977 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 599 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spirituals and secular songs sung and played by residents of St. Simon's Island, Ga
8 editions published between 1977 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 599 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 469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published between 1978 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 469 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 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1977 in Undetermined and English and held by 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Friends of Old Time Music(
Recording
)
5 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 244 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This CD contains 55 tracks including first concert appearances by Doc Watson, Roscoe Holcomb, Clarence Ashley, Joseph Spence, and more
5 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 244 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This CD contains 55 tracks including first concert appearances by Doc Watson, Roscoe Holcomb, Clarence Ashley, Joseph Spence, and more
Voices from the American South(
Recording
)
2 editions published in 1997 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 222 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1997 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 222 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sheep, sheep, don'tcha know the road?(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 205 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 205 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Velvet voices(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Georgia Sea Islands(
Recording
)
2 editions published between 1959 and 1998 in English and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 1959 and 1998 in English and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Goodbye, Babylon(
Recording
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5 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 169 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
5 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 169 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
Earliest times(
Recording
)
2 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 164 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 164 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Georgia Sea Island Singers by
Bess Lomax Hawes(
Visual
)
4 editions published in 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 109 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
4 editions published in 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 109 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
)
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 108 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
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 108 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
)
4 editions published in 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 107 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
4 editions published in 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 107 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
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 107 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
4 editions published between 2003 and 2017 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 107 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
Get in union(
Recording
)
2 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in English and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bessie Jones was one of the most popular performers on the 1960s and '70s folk circuit, appearing, usually at the helm of the Georgia Sea Island Singers, at colleges, festivals, the Poor People's March on Washington, and Jimmy Carter's inauguration. This is a collection of her classic recordings with the Singers, combined with many previously unavailable solo and small-group performances captured by Alan Lomax between 1959 and 1966
2 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in English and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bessie Jones was one of the most popular performers on the 1960s and '70s folk circuit, appearing, usually at the helm of the Georgia Sea Island Singers, at colleges, festivals, the Poor People's March on Washington, and Jimmy Carter's inauguration. This is a collection of her classic recordings with the Singers, combined with many previously unavailable solo and small-group performances captured by Alan Lomax between 1959 and 1966
Step it down by
Bessie Jones(
Recording
)
5 editions published between 1979 and 1988 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Games, plays, songs and stories from the Afro-American heritage
5 editions published between 1979 and 1988 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Games, plays, songs and stories from the Afro-American heritage
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
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
African-American sacred music from the Florida Folklife Collection
I heard it on NPR : down to the roots(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 77 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
)
4 editions published in 2001 in German and English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 2001 in German and English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Hawes, Bess Lomax 1921-2009 Author Director
- Lomax, Alan 1915-2002 Interviewee Collector Editor Librettist
- Davis, John 1903-1972 Other Performer
- Morrison, Henry Other Performer
- McDowell, Fred Performer Instrumentalist
- Sea Island Singers Performer
- Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc
- Proctor, Willis Performer
- Young, Ed 1908-1974 Other Singer Performer
- Hall, Vera 1902-1964 Performer
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Associated Subjects
African American children's games African American dance African American dancers African Americans African Americans--Music Ballads, English Blacks Bluegrass music Blues (Music) California--Los Angeles Children's songs Clog dancing Country music Fiddlers Fiddle tunes Field recordings Fife music Florida Folk dance music Folk music Folk songs Folk songs, English Games with music Georgia Georgia--Saint Simons Island Gospel music Hymns, English Jones, Bessie Jones, Bessie, Manners and customs Music Old-time music Oral tradition Play-party Popular music Sacred songs Sermons Sermons, American Shape-note singing Singers Singing games Songs Southern States Spirituals (Songs) United States United States--Sea Islands Violinists Violin music Virginia Work songs
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Alternative Names
Bessie Jones americká zpěvačka
Bessie Jones Amerikaans zangeres (1902-1984)
Bessie Jones cantant estatunidenca
Bessie Jones cantante estadounidense
Bessie Jones cantante estauxunidense (1902–1984)
Bessie Jones cantante statunitense
Bessie Jones chanteuse de Gospel
Bessie Jones gospel singer
Bessie Jones Gospelsänger
Jones, Barnett
Jones, Bess 1902-1984
Jones, Bessie, 1902-
Jones Bessie Smith
Jones Mary Elizabeth
Jones, Mary Elizabeth 1902-1984
Smith Jones, Mary Elizabeth, 1902-1984
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