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Lovie Austin
Lovie Austin is credited on 345 releases across 118 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
345
Pressings credited
118
Albums
8
Decades active
23
In collections
Biography
Cora "Lovie" Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 8, 1972) was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, singer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
345 releases · 118 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 594
- Other credits · 4
Studios: WOR Studios · Bay Records Recording Studios · Reeves Sound Studios · CBS Studios, New York
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Empty Bed Blues
1971

The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 1
1951

The Essential Bessie Smith
1997

Chicago Mess Around - The Immortal Johnny Dodds Vol.2
1972

The Immortal Ma Rainey
1966

These Are The Blues
1964

The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet
1985

Any Woman's Blues
1970

The World's Greatest Blues Singer
1970

1923-1927
1965

Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austins Blues Serenaders
1961

Blues For Rampart Street
1961

Mother Of The Blues Volume 1

The Rockin' Chair Lady (1931-1950)
1994

Hi-Fi Salute To Bunny
1958
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bessie Smith
- Ma Rainey
- Sidney Bechet
- Fletcher Henderson
- Mildred Bailey
- Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
- Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders
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