The Essence of Bessie Smith

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
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1Downhearted Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-15)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1923-02-15)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-15, on 1923-02-16)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-15)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
43:27
2Gimme a Pigfoot
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1933-11-24)
banjo and guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1933-11-24)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1933-11-24)
double bass [bass]:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1933-11-24)
piano:
Buck Washington (on 1933-11-24)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1933-11-24)
trombone:
Jack Teagarden (on 1933-11-24)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1933-11-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (on 1933-11-24)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
3:29
3Baby Won't You Please Come Home
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (on 1923-04-11)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
42:56
4Taint Nobody's Business If I Do
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1923-04-26)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
3:27
5Any Woman's Blues
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-10-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-10-16)
43:26
6Chicago Bound Blues
3:17
7Graveyard Dream Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-26)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) (on 1923-09-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-26)
52:44
8Jail House Blues
3:14
9Lady Luck Blues
3:08
10Boweavil Blues
2:52
11Bye Bye Blues
3:18
12House Rent Blues
3:06
13Sing Sing Prison Blues
3:04
14Woman's Trouble Blues
3:05
15Work House Blues
3:21
16Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-27)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-27)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-27)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-27)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-27)
recording of:
I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (on 1925-05-27)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
43:21
17St Louis Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-01-14)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-01-14)
reed organ:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-01-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-01-14)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1925-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
43:10
18Careless Love Blues
3:26
19He’s Gone Blues
3:09
20Love Me Daddy Blues
3:14
21Sinful Blues
3:09
22You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-01-14)
piano:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-01-14)
recording of:
You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon (on 1925-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
3:29
▼CD 2
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1Young Woman’s Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-10-26)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1926-10-26)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1926-10-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-10-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-10-26)
recording of:
Young Woman’s Blues (on 1926-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
3:08
2Gin House Blues
3:13
3Golden Rules
3:03
4Hard Driving Papa
2:57
5What’s the Matter Now?
2:45
6A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2:59
7Alexander’s Ragtime Band
2:59
8After You’ve Gone
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:56
9Blackwater Blues
3:18
10Honey Man Blues
3:13
11Lock and Key
2:58
12Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
recording of:
Muddy Water (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Jo Trent
composer:
Peter de Rose and Harry Richman
publisher:
Broadway Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
3:06
13Preachin’ the Blues
2:51
14Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
recording of:
Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair (on 1927-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
George Brooks (composer, early 20th century)
3:21
15There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
3:19
16Dyin’ By the Hour
2:58
17Foolish Man Blues
2:53
18I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
2:57
19Kitchen Man
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)
recording of:
Kitchen Man (on 1929-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
2:56
20Me and My Gin
2:50
21Black Mountain Blues
3:07
22On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1930-06-09)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1930-06-09)
choir vocals:
The Bessemer Singers (on 1930-06-09)
lead vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1930-06-09)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1930-06-09)
recording of:
On Revival Day (on 1930-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
Andy Razaf
2:55
23I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version) (on 1931-11-20)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:47
24Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
alto saxophone:
Garvin Bushell (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
cornet:
Ed Allen (trumpeter) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
tenor saxophone:
Greely Walton (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
tuba:
Cyrus St. Clair (on 1929-05-15)
tuba [brass bass]:
Cyrus St. Clair (on 1929-05-12)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (on 1929-05-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
52:58