Bessie Smith - 1923 '1994
Artist | Bessie Smith Related artists |
Album name | 1923 |
Country | |
Date | 1994 |
Genre | |
Play time | 01:14:08 |
Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
Media | CD |
Size | 262 mb (+5\%rec.) |
Price | Download $2.95 |
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This document of Smiths first year in the studio reveals a blues giant in full command of her talents. And while later dates -- especially the epochal 1925 sessions with Louis Armstrong -- offer more in the way of the eras horn-blowing royalty, these early sides nicely showcase Smith in the unadorned company of a variety of top pianists like Clarence Williams and Fletcher Henderson. The Empress of the Blues flexes her vocal muscle throughout, ranging from Broadway fare like Baby Wont You Please Come Home to the dark-hued rumblings of Graveyard Dream Blues. She also revels in the provocative ambiguities of Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll and puts her stamp on the future blues warhorse Taint Nobodys Bizness If I Do. From the opening strain of her first best-seller, Downhearted Blues, until the end of the disc, lovers of classic female blues will find plenty here to keep them enthralled. Tracks: 01. Down-Hearted Blues (3:28) 02. Gulf Coast Blues (3:07) 03. Aggravatin Papa (3:18) 04. Beale Street Mama (3:35) 05. Baby Wont You Please Come Home Blues (2:58) 06. Oh Daddy (You Wont Have No Mama at All) (3:06) 07. Taint Nobodys Biz-Ness If I Do (3:26) 08. Keeps on A-Rainin (Papa He Cant Make No Time) (3:07) 09. Mamas Got the Blues (2:58) 10. Outside of That (3:30) 11. Bleeding Hearted Blues (3:09) 12. Lady Luck Blues (3:09) 13. Yodling Blues (3:12) 14. Midnight Blues (3:18) 15. If You Dont I Know Who Will (3:35) 16. Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine (3:31) 17. Jail House Blues (3:16) 18. St. Louis Gal (3:29) 19. Sam Jones Blues (2:49) 20. Graveyard Dream Blues (2:45) 21. Cemetary Blues (3:30) 22. Far Away Blues (3:00) 23. Im Going Back to My Used to Be (2:52)
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Album
- 2022 A Quartette
- 2016 Expensive Bling
- 2014 The Bessie Smith Collection 1923-33
- 2011 The Rough Guide To Blues Legends (2CD)
- 2011 Rough Guide To Bessie Smith
- 2009 Complete Jazz Series 1924-1925
- 2008 Squeeze Me (2CD)
- 2004 Chattanooga Gal
- 2004 Empress Of The Blues (The Best Of)
- 2003 Big Blues Collection (Vol.6)
- 2003 Downhearted Blues Original - 1923 - 1924 Recordings [2]
- 1997/2020 Jazz - The Essential Collection, Vol. 3
- 1997 1929-1933
- 1996 The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 (CD1)
- 1996 The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 (CD2)
- 1994 1923
- 1993 The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (CD1)
- 1993 The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (CD2)
- 1992 The Complete Recordings Vol.3 - Disc 1
- 1992 The Complete Recordings Vol.3 - Disc 2
- 1991-1996 The Complete Recordings Vol.1-5
- 1991 The Complete Recordings Vol.1 [CD 1]
- 1991 The Complete Recordings Vol.1 - Disc 2
- 1991 The Complete Recordings Vol.2 - Disc 1
- 1991 The Complete Recordings Vol.2 - Disc 2
- 1954 Empress Of The Blues 1923-1933
- 1951 The Bessie Smith Story Vol.1 (The Perfect Blues Collection, 2011, Sony Music)
- 1924/2006/2020 Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out
Compilation
- 2013 The Essential Bessie Smith [2]
- 1996 Bessie's Blues