The Essential Bessie Smith

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
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1Aggravatin' Papa
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-11)
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1923-04-11)
clarinet:
Ernest Elliott (a.k.a. "Sticky" Elliott, clarinet and reeds, AMG artist ID 151482) (on 1923-04-11)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
3:19
2Baby 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!)
42:57
3'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-26)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1923-04-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-26)
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
43:28
4Jail-House Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-21)
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1923-09-21)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-21)
43:15
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)
52:45
6Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1924-04-05)
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1924-04-05)
violin:
Robert Robbins (on 1924-04-05)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1924-04-05)
43:20
7Boweavil Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1924-04-07)
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1924-04-07)
violin:
Robert Robbins (on 1924-04-07)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1924-04-07)
42:53
8Weeping Willow Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1924-09-26)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1924-09-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1924-09-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1924-09-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1924-09-26)
3:11
9Dying Gambler's Blues
2:59
10St. Louis Blues
3:12
11You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
3:29
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)
53:11
13Careless Love Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-26)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1925-05-26)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
43:27
14I Ain't Goin' to 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
43:23
15At the Christmas Ball
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-11-18)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1925-11-18)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-11-18)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-11-18)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-11-18)
33:26
16Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-03-18)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1926-03-18)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-03-18)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-03-18)
3:21
17Backwater Blues
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)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
3:19
18After You've Gone
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-02)
banjo:
Charles Dixon (violinist, violist) (on 1927-03-02)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1927-03-02)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1927-03-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1927-03-02)
trombone:
Jimmy Harrison (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
2:56
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