Trailblazer Josephine Baker

Trailblazer Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker leading the way for black American musicians fleeing Jim Crow for Europe.

START
00.00
08.24
11.43
15.29
19.16
22.35
26.15
31.44
35.15
41.23
47.53
53.18
TITLE
Rosita
J'ai Deux Amours
De Temps en Temps
Dans Mon Village
Message from the Man in the Moon
Afraid to Dream
I've Got You Under my Skin
I'll Be Seeing You
Avec Le Temps
A Turtle's Dream
When I'm Called Home
Rainbow
ARTIST
Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster
Joséphine Baker
Joséphine Baker
Joséphine Baker
Joséphine Baker
Joséphine Baker
Joséphine Baker
Joséphine Baker
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
ALBUM
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
J'ai Deux Amours
J'ai Deux Amours
J'ai Deux Amours
J'ai Deux Amours
La Reine des Années Folles
Les Genies de la Chancon
Esto Es Felicidade
A Turtle's Dream
A Turtle's Dream
You Gotta Pay the Band
Devil's Got Your Tongue
LABEL
Verve
Vintage
Vintage
Vintage
Vintage
Omaha
Balandras
INA
Universal
Universal
Universal
Universal

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