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The Essential Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith (vocal), Ernest Elliot (clarinet), Buddy Christian (banjo), Clarence Williams (piano), Irving Johns (piano), Jimmy Jones (piano), Irving Jones (piano), Robert Robbins (violin), Charlie Green (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Fred Longshaw (piano), Bessie Smith...

The Essential Bessie Smith

The Essential Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith (vocal), Ernest Elliot (clarinet), Buddy Christian (banjo), Clarence Williams (piano), Irving Johns (piano), Jimmy Jones (piano), Irving Jones (piano), Robert Robbins (violin), Charlie Green (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Fred Longshaw (piano), Bessie Smith...

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  • Release date: 22nd Nov 2013
  • Label: Columbia
  • Catalogue number: G010003051483W
  • Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Contents and tracklist

R. Turk, J.R. Robinson, A. Britt: Aggravatin' Papa
Work length3:16
Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield: Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Work length2:55
Percy Grainger, E. Robbins: 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Work length3:25
Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams: Jail-House Blues
Work length3:13
Ida Cox: Graveyard Dream Blues
Work length2:43
Clarence Williams: Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
Work length3:18
G. Rainey, L. Austin: Boweavil Blues
Work length2:51
Paul Carter: Weeping Willow Blues
Work length3:09
J. Gee: Dying Gambler's Blues
Work length2:56
Handy: Saint Louis Blues
Work length3:09
Bessie Smith, Stuart Balcomb: You've Been a Good Old Wagon
Work length3:27
C. Smith, H. Troy, Clarence Williams: Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
Work length3:08
Handy: Careless Love Blues (take 1)
Work length3:24
Perry Bradford: I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle
Work length3:20
F.W. Longshaw: At the Christmas Ball
Work length3:23
G. Brooks: Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
Work length3:18
Bessie Smith: Backwater Blues
Work length3:17
T. Layton, H. Creamer: After You've Gone
Work length2:55
Berlin, I: Alexander's Ragtime Band
Work length2:58
T. Metz, J. Hayden: There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Work length3:17
G. Brooks, G. Johnson: Trombone Cholly
Work length3:09
G. Brooks: Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Work length3:20
E. Green: A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Work length2:58
G. Brooks: Dyin' by the Hour
Work length2:57
J.C. Johnson: Me and My Gin
Work length2:49
Andy Razaf, Edna Pinkard: Kitchen Man
Work length2:55
Jimmie Cox: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Work length2:56
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano), Garvin Bushell (alto saxophone), Greely Walton (tenor saxophone), Ed Allen (cornet)
A. Razaf: On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
Work length2:54
S. Williams: Moan, You Moaners
Work length3:11
J.C. Johnson: Black Mountain Blues
Work length3:06
Bessie Smith: Shipwreck Blues
Work length3:19
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Floyd Casey (drums), Clarence Williams (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Metcalfe (cornet)
Clarence Williams, Danny C. Small, J. Tim Brynn: Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Work length2:46
W. Wilson: Do Your Duty
Work length3:23
W. Wilson: Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
Work length3:27
L. Wilson, W. Wilson: Take Me for a Buggy Ride
Work length2:34
L. Wilson, W. Wilson: Down in the Dumps
Work length3:09
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