Kitchen Man

~ Recording by Bessie Smith

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Kitchen Man?:??Bessie SmithKitchen Man / I’ve Got What It TakesBessie SmithSingle
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)14435-D
1.8Kitchen Man2:58Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams & Eddie LangBlue Spirit BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Drive (Swiss Label)CD 3521 ADD
1.8Kitchen Man2:58Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams & Eddie LangBlue Spirit BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Baur Music ProductionCD Drive 3521
1.7Kitchen Man3:00Bessie SmithMother of the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Roots (Cat numbers RTS XXXXX)RTS 33015
1.14Kitchen Man3:02Bessie SmithI'm Wild About That ThingBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Object EnterprisesORO102
1.9Kitchen Man2:59Bessie Smith1923-1933 Empress of the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 53090
1.12Kitchen Man3:00Bessie SmithEmpress of the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Guilde Internationale du DisqueBLU-CD 3006
1.5Kitchen Man3:00Bessie Smith19 Reflective RecordingsBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1993-12-31
Audio ArchiveAA032
1.3Kitchen Man3:01Bessie SmithBlue Spirit BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • -1993
Tring International PLC (not for release label use - for copyrights only)GRF102
1.5Kitchen Man?:??Bessie SmithDixie Flyer BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Music Mirror (Swiss)1010.2052-2
1.12Kitchen Man3:00Bessie SmithThe Blues Collection: Bessie Smith, Classic BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Orbis (British subsidiary publishing house of De Agostini Group)BLU NC 009
1.17Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 4Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 52838
1.14Kitchen Man3:02Bessie SmithAlexander's Ragtime BandBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Four StarFS-40078
1.5Kitchen Man?:??Bessie SmithDixie Flyer BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
KOCH International (Austrian label, imprint in use from 1990 to 2000; LC 05680), Selected Sound Carrier1010.2052-2
1.12Kitchen Man3:00Bessie SmithThe Blues Collection 9: Classic BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
De AgostiniBLUES N012
1.21Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithEmpty Bed Blues: Best of the Good Time MommasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Castle Pulse (aka "Pulse" , sub-label in the Castle/Sanctuary "family")PLSCD115
1.8Kitchen Man2:59Bessie SmithMembers EditionBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
United Audio EntertainmentUAE 30502
1.14Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithThe Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1928-1929Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Classics Records (compilations of the Chronological Series)897
2.8Kitchen Man2:57Bessie SmithThe Essential Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-09-23
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 64922
2.8Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithThe Gold Collection: 40 Classic PerformancesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-01-01
RetroR2CD 70-09
1.2Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithBed Spring Poker: Meat in Motion, 1926-1951Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-25
Indigo (a sub-label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)IGODCD 2502
5.3Kitchen Man3:04Bessie SmithThe Classic Columbia and Okeh Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang SessionsJoe Venuti & Eddie LangAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD8-213
2.10Kitchen Man3:00Bessie SmithLadies Sing the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-10-06
Union Square MusicSOHOCD026
1.10Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithLet Me Squeeze Your Lemon: The Ultimate Rude Blues CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Great Voices of the CenturyGVC 2012
2.15Kitchen Man2:57Bessie SmithRude DudesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-32-20-5
1.1Slow and Easy Man2:58Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 7Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Frog Records (UK jazz reissues)DGF46
1.7Kitchen Man3:02Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 7Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Frog Records (UK jazz reissues)DGF46
1.2Kitchen Man2:56Bessie SmithI've Got What It Takes - Vol. 5: Original Recordings 1929-1933Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Naxos Jazz Legends8.120732
2.19Kitchen Man2:56Bessie SmithThe Essence of Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Delta Music (main label of Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries)33311
1.10Kitchen Man3:00Bessie SmithThe Undisputed Queen Of BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Primo
1.3Kitchen Man2:56Bessie SmithNobody Knows You When You're Down and OutBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
RevOla RecordsCR REV 220
2.19Kitchen Man2:56Bessie SmithThe AnthologyBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Not Now Music
1.6Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithBD Music Presents: Jazz en cuisineVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-10-09
Éditions BDMusic
1.10Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithGet Up Off Your KneesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
JSP RecordsJSP77202
1.4Kitchen Man2:57Bessie SmithThe Best OfBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.5Kitchen Man2:58Bessie SmithDirty BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia River Entertainment GroupCRG 120040

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-08)
guitar:Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recordeded as Blind Willie Dunn) (in 1928, on 1929-05-08)
piano:Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1929-05-08)
vocals:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-08)
edits:Kitchen Man (stereo re-creation by Robert Parker)
recording of:Kitchen Man (on 1929-05-08)

Related works

Kitchen Man

lyricist and composer:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)