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The Empress

Bessie Smith

Label : CBS
Reference : 66264, M 66264
Date : 1971

Tracklist
A1 Sing Sing Prison Blues <Bessie Smith> F. Johson [Freddy Johnson], P. Grainger [Porter Grainger] 3:03
A2 Follow The Deal On Down <Bessie Smith> T. Delaney [Tom Delaney] 3:16
A3 Sinful Blues <Bessie Smith> P. Bradford [Perry Bradford] 3:09
A4 Woman’s Trouble Blues <Bessie Smith> J. Gee [Jack Gee] 3:04
A5 Love Me Daddy Blues <Bessie Smith> F. Longshaw [Fred Longshaw] 3:13
A6 Dying Gambler’s Blues <Bessie Smith> J. Gee [Jack Gee] 2:56
A7 St. Louis Blues <Bessie Smith> W. C. Handy 3:09
A8 Reckless Blues <Bessie Smith> F. Longshaw [Fred Longshaw] 3:01
B1 Sobbin’ Hearted Blues <Bessie Smith> Davis [Charles Davis], Bradford [Perry Bradford], Layer [Roy C. Layer] 3:00
B2 Cold In Hand Blues <Bessie Smith> F. Longsahw [Fred Longshaw], J. Gee [Jack Gee] 3:12
B3 You’ve Been A Good Ole Wagon <Bessie Smith> Smith [C. Smith], Balcom [Stuart Balcomb] 3:28
B4 Cake Walkin’ Babies (From Home) <Henderson’s Hot Six> B. Smith [Chris Smith], C. Williams [Clarence Williams], A. Troy [Henry Troy] 3:07
B5 The Yellow Dog Blues <Henderson’s Hot Six> W. C. Handy 3:01
B6 Soft Pedal Blues <Bessie Smith> B. Smith [Bessie Smith] 3:17
B7 Dixie Flyer Blues <Bessie Smith> B. Smith [Bessie Smith] 3:07
B8 Nashville Woman’s Blues <Bessie Smith> F. Longshaw [Fred Longshaw] 3:41
C1 Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) <Bessie Smith And Her Band> H. Richman [Harry Richman], J. Trent [Jo Trent], P. DeRose [Peter de Rose] 3:06
C2 There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight <Bessie Smith And Her Band> T. Metz [Theodore Metz] 3:28
C3 Trombone Cholly <Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys> G. Brooks [George Brooks] 3:10
C4 Send Me To The ’Lectric Chair <Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys> G. Brooks [George Brooks] 3:21
C5 Them’s Graveyard Words <Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys> G. Brooks [George Brooks] 2:57
C6 Hot Springs Blues <Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys> B. Smith [Bessie Smith] 3:02
C7 Sweet Mistreater <Bessie Smith> H. Creamer [Henry Creamer], J. Johnson [James Price Johnson] 3:09
C8 Lock And Key <Bessie Smith> H. Creamer [Henry Creamer], J. Johnson [James Price Johnson] 2:57
D1 Mean Old Bedbug Blues <Bessie Smith> J. Wood [Leo Wood] 3:48
D2 A Good Man Is Hard To Find <Bessie Smith> E. Green [Eddie Green] 3:00
D3 Homeless Blues <Bessie Smith> P. Grainger [Porter Grainger] 3:34
D4 Looking For My Man Blues <Bessie Smith> Unknown Artist 2:48
D5 Dyin’ By The Hour <Bessie Smith> G. Brooks [George Brooks] 2:58
D6 Foolish Man Blues <Bessie Smith> B. Smith [Bessie Smith] 2:53
D7 Thinking Blues <Bessie Smith> B. Smith [Bessie Smith] 3:07
D8 Pickpocket Blues <Bessie Smith> B. Smith [Bessie Smith] 2:42
Featured Artists
Clarinet Buster Bailey A1,A4-A5,B4-B5,B7,C1-C2
Clarinet Don Redman A1,A4-A5
Piano Fred Longshaw A1-A6,B1-B3,B7,D7-D8
Trombone Charlie Green A6,B4-B8,C3-C6,D7-D8
Cornet Louis Armstrong A7-A8,B1-B3,B8
Harmonium Fred Longshaw A7-A8
Banjo Charlie Dixon B4-B5,C1-C2
Cornet Joe Smith B4-B5,C1-C6
Piano Fletcher Henderson B4-B6,B8,C1-C6,D5-D6
Tenor Saxophone Coleman Hawkins B4-B5
Tuba Bob Escudero [Ralph Escudero] B5
Effects [Miscellaneous Sound Effects] James T. Wilson B7
Clarinet Coleman Hawkins C1-C2
Trombone Jimmy Harrison C1-C2
Accompanied By Bessie Smith And Her Band C6
Piano James P. Johnson [James Price Johnson] C7-C8
Guitar Lincoln Conaway D1-D2
Piano Porter Grainger D1-D4
Alto Saxophone Ernest Elliott D3-D4
Cornet Tommy Ladnier D5-D6
Tuba June Cole D5-D6
Cornet Demas Dean D7-D8
Vocals Bessie Smith
Recording

A1 : Columbia 14051-D (mx 140170-1). December 6, 1924.
A3 : Columbia 14052-D (mx 140162-5). December 11, 1924.
A5 : Columbia 14060-D (mx 140167-5). December 12, 1924.
A6 : Columbia 14051-D (mx 140176-2). December 13, 1924.
A8 : Columbia 14056-D (mx 140242-1). January 14, 1925.
B3 : Columbia 14079-D (mx 140251-1). January 14, 1925.
B5 : Columbia 14075-D (mx W-140586-1). May 5, 1925.
B6 : Columbia 14075-D (mx W-140601-2). May 14, 1925.
B7 : Columbia 14079-D (mx W-140607-1). May 15, 1925.
B8 : Columbia 14090-D (mx W-140625-2). May 26, 1925.
C2 : Columbia 14219-D (mx W-143570-2). March 2, 1927.
C6 : Columbia 14569-D (mx W-143584-2). March 3, 1927.
C8 : Columbia 14232-D (mx W-143736-3). April 1, 1927.
D3 : Columbia 14260-D (mx W-144800-3). September 27, 1927.
D4 : Columbia 14569-D (mx W-144801-3). September 28, 1927.
D6 : Columbia 14273-D (mx W-144919-3). October 27, 1927.
D8 : Columbia 14304-D (mx W-145627-1). February 9, 1928.
All selections were recorded in New York City.

Video

Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Blues - Bessie Smith with Clarence Williams - 1923 Columbia Record
Bessie Smith : The Empress of the Blues

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