Midnight Special

Lead Belly · 1948 · Chant de prison, grande pièce de son répertoire, version Last Sessions

Context

Opening of the second volume of the Last Sessions. Martha Ledbetter sings on some tracks of this volume; the page does not specify whether she appears here. Recorded in 1948 at Frederic Ramsey Jr.'s home in New York and released in 1953 by Folkways.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Blues, spirituals, work songs, Afro-diasporic roots.

By the same artist

• Black Betty (1948)
• Death Letter Blues (1948)
• The Grey Goose (1948)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com

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