The Anthology

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

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Nobody 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)
53:00
2Gin House Blues
3:13
3Send 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)
3:22
4T'ain't Nobodys Business If I Do
3:28
5I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
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)
2:48
6After 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)
2:57
7Careless Love Blues
3:26
8Preachin' the Blues
2:51
9Black Mountain Blues
3:08
10Sinful Blues
3:10
11Homeless Blues
3:02
12Downhearted 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
13Any Woman's Blues
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-10-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-10-16)
43:26
14He's Gone Blues
3:10
15Graveyard 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
16Lady Luck Blues
3:08
17The Bye Bye Blues
3:19
18House Rent Blues
3:06
19Woman's Trouble Blues
3:06
20Work House Blues
3:22
21I Ain't Gonna Play No 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
43:22
22Love Me Daddy Blues
3:14
23St. 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)
43:11
24Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
3:29
CD 2

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ASIN:UK: B003AKEQU2 [info]