Backwater Blues (matrix no. 143491-1)

~ Recording by Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Back Water Blues?:??Bessie SmithColumbia Basic Library of Great JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)K3L-236
2.14Back Water Blues3:17Bessie Smith & Her BandNobody's Blues But MineBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)G 31093
1.19Back Water Blues3:20Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Vol. 3Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • -1992
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 47474, CK 47476
1.19Back Water Blues3:20Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 3Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)472189 2, COL 472189 2
1.19Back Water Blues3:20Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 3Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 47474
1.24Back Water Blues3:20Bessie SmithThe Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1925-1927Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Classics Records (compilations of the Chronological Series)843
1.17Backwater Blues3:19Bessie SmithThe Essential Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-09-23
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 64922
1.1Back-Water Blues3:21Bessie Smith & James P. JohnsonJazz Greats, Volume 38: Bessie Smith: Preachin' the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Marshall Cavendish Partworks Limited (Publishing company)JAZZ CD 038
1.4Backwater Blues3:20Bessie SmithStory of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)A24483
2.5Backwater Blues3:20Bessie SmithThe Quintessence: The Empress 1923-1933Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 223
2.2Back Water Blues3:20Bessie SmithThe Gold Collection: 40 Classic PerformancesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-01-01
RetroR2CD 70-09
1.7Back Water Blues3:19Bessie SmithKen Burns Jazz: The Story of America's MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-14
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C5K 61432
1.15Back Water Blues3:17Bessie SmithMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-09
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 90493
1.15Back Water Blues3:17Bessie SmithMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-03-29
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)512572 2
2.2Back Water Blues [1927]3:20Bessie SmithL’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-10-20
Le Chant du Monde574 1301.10
1.24Backwater Blues3:19Bessie SmithGreatest HitsBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
1.20Back Water Blues3:17Bessie SmithNobody Knows You When You're Down and OutBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
RevOla RecordsCR REV 220
2.10Backwater Blues3:18Bessie SmithThe AnthologyBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Not Now Music
1.8Black Water Blues3:21Bessie Smith and James P. JohnsonJazz: The Smithsonian AnthologyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-03-29
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)SFW CD 40820
1.12Back Water Blues3:19Bessie SmithThe Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-09-26
World Music NetworkRGNET1264CD
1.12Back Water Blues3:19Bessie SmithThe Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-11-24
World Music NetworkRGNET1264LP
1.12Black Water Blues3:17Bessie SmithDown Hearted BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2018-03-30
Night Records (Label co-founded by Jean-Luc Navette and Les Disques De La Face Cachée)NR06
1.12Black Water Blues3:17Bessie SmithDown Hearted BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-09-07
Night Records (Label co-founded by Jean-Luc Navette and Les Disques De La Face Cachée)
1.7Back Water Blues3:19Bessie SmithKen Burns Jazz: The Story of America's MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88875147312, C5K 61432, CK 61433 / CK 61434 / CK 61435 / CK 61436 / CK 61437
1.12Backwater Blues3:19Bessie SmithThe Best OfBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.14Backwater Blues3:20Bessie SmithBlues Masters SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)PRO2 90128
1.6Backwater Blues3:16Bessie SmithPlay: Jazz PioneersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-09-14

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1927-02-17)
piano:James P. Johnson (on 1927-02-17)
vocals:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-02-17)
recording of:Backwater Blues (on 1927-02-17)

Related works

Backwater Blues

lyricist and composer:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:James P. Johnson (in 1927)
later versions:Backwater Blues (Dylan Arrangement)
Backwater Blues (Leadbelly Arrangement)
is the basis for:Wossaproblem