Alan Lomax Archive

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:: Title ::

Commentary by Bessie Jones on the necessity of prayer

:: Genre ::

interview, spoken

:: Performers & Instruments ::

Jones, Bessie

:: Setting ::

Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

:: Location ::

Greenwich Village, New York City (New York), New York (United States)

:: Language ::

English

:: Culture ::

Southern U.S., African American, Sea Islands, Georgia

:: Session ::

Bessie Jones IV 9/61

:: Date ::

9/27/1961

:: Reference Information ::

T953.0, Track 19 (00:00:35)

:: Original Format ::

Reel to Reel

:: Session Notes ::

1 - The fifth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones. [Source: Editor]

:: Collection ::

Bessie Jones 1961-1962