The Quintessence: The Empress 1923-1933

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Down Hearted Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-15)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-15)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
3:34
2Gulf Coast Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues (on 1923-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (in 1923)
3:08
3Aggravatin’ Papa
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try to Two-Time Me) (on 1923-04-11)
composer:
J. Russel Robinson and Roy Turk
3:19
4Beale Street Mama (Papa)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Beale Street Mama (on 1923-04-11)
composer:
J. Russel Robinson and Roy Turk
3:37
5Graveyard 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)
52:46
6Cemetery Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-26)
3:31
7Any Woman’s Blues
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-10-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-10-16)
43:26
8Boweavil Blues
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1924-04-07)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1924-04-07)
2:53
9Weeping Willow Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1924-09-26)
3:11
10Reckless Blues
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:
Reckless Blues (on 1925-01-14)
writer:
Jack Gee and Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
3:00
11Sobbin’ Hearted Blues
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-01-14)
piano:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-01-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-01-14)
3:00
12Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-05)
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1925-05-05)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1925-05-05)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1925-05-05)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-05)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1925-05-05)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-05)
tuba:
Bob Escudero (on 1925-05-05)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-05)
recording of:
Cake Walking Babies from Home (on 1925-05-05)
writer:
Chris Smith (Ragtime composer), Henry Troy and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
53:12
13The Yellow Dog Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-06)
recording of:
Yellow Dog Blues (on 1925-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
2:59
14Soft Pedal Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-14)
3:14
15Nashville Woman’s Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
3:43
16Careless Love Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1925-05-26)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:18
17I Ain’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
43:26
18At the Christmas Ball
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-11-18)
3:30
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