Edith is just your average background blues singer, like a zillion others, who happened to be hanging around the right guys at the right time and got a shot at solo recording. She had neither the repertoire or the vocal chops to ever be considered a true heavy.. and is, in fact, not considered so most critics. In short, I felt taken by getting this CD - sloppy charts poorly recorded by guys well past their prime and who barely had real credentials. They do have cool names - like "Little Brother Montgomery..." and when you read up the players in the sleeve it says stuff like they sometimes "sat in" with King Oliver! - come on...that's nothing like being a regular with King Oliver. But, on the plus side, I was VERY grateful to have bought Clara Smith at the same time - who IS the real deal. She's amazingly great, and worth twice what you'd pay here to have in your collection.