The Complete Recordings, Volume 7

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

Tracklist

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1Slow and Easy 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)
2:58
2Poor Man's Blues
piano:
Porter Grainger (on 1928-08-24)
reeds:
Ernest Elliott (a.k.a. "Sticky" Elliott, clarinet and reeds, AMG artist ID 151482) (on 1928-08-24) and Bob Fuller (on 1928-08-24)
trombone:
Joe Williams (Trombonist, active NYC late 1920s (NOT Hot 8!)) (on 1928-08-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1928-08-24)
3:26
3Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1928-08-25)
2:58
4Me and My Gin
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-08-25)
piano:
Porter Grainger (on 1928-08-25)
trombone:
Joe Williams (Trombonist, active NYC late 1920s (NOT Hot 8!)) (on 1928-08-25)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1928-08-25)
recording of:
Me and My Gin (on 1928-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Harry Burke
2:53
5I'm Wild About That Thing
guitar:
Eddie Lang (New Orleans blues) (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:
I’m Wild About That Thing (on 1929-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
52:52
6You've Got to Give Me Some
guitar:
Eddie Lang (New Orleans blues) (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:
You've Got to Give Me Some (on 1929-05-08)
writer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
2:49
7Kitchen 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)
3:02
8I've Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-15)
3:17
9Nobody 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)
53:06
10Film Sound Track Introduction
6:51
11Film Sound Track St.Louis Blues
8:39
12Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-07-25)
3:27
13He's Got Me Goin'
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-08-20)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1929-08-20)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-08-20)
recording of:
He's Got Me Goin' (on 1929-08-20)
writer:
Michael H. Gray
3:18
14It Makes My Love Come Down
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1929-08-20)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-08-20)
3:02
15Wasted Life Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-10-01)
3:10
16Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-10-01)
3:02
17Blue Spirit Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-10-11)
recording of:
Blue Spirit Blues (on 1929-10-11)
writer:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
2:58
18Worn Out Papa Blues
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1929-10-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-10-11)
2:49
19You Don't Understand
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-10-11)
3:09
20Don't Cry Baby
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-10-11)
recording of:
Don’t Cry Baby
writer:
Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson and Stella Unger
publisher:
Advanced Music corp. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:14

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part of:The Complete Recordings of Bessie Smith (Frog Records, UK) (number: 7) (order: 7)