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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...

  • Release Date: 22nd Nov 2013
  • Catalogue No: G010003051483W
  • Label: Columbia
  • Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

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Contents

R. Turk, J.R. Robinson, A. Britt: Aggravatin' Papa

Work length3:16
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Buddy Christian (banjo), Clarence Williams (piano), Ernest Elliot (clarinet)

Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield: Baby Won't You Please Come Home

Work length2:55
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano)

Percy Grainger, E. Robbins: 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do

Work length3:25
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano)

Bessie Smith: Jail-House Blues

Work length3:13
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Irving Johns (piano)

Ida Cox: Graveyard Dream Blues

Work length2:43
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Jimmy Jones (piano)

Clarence Williams: Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down

Work length3:18
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Irving Jones (piano), Robert Robbins (violin)

G. Rainey, L. Austin: Boweavil Blues

Work length2:51
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Irving Johns (piano), Robert Robbins (violin)

Paul Carter: Weeping Willow Blues

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet)

J. Gee: Dying Gambler's Blues

Work length2:56
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fred Longshaw (piano), Charlie Green (trombone)

Handy: Saint Louis Blues

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith (vocal), Louis Armstrong (cornet), Fred Longshaw (piano)

Bessie Smith: You've Been a Good Old Wagon

Work length3:27
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fred Longshaw (piano), Louis Armstrong (cornet)

C. Smith, H. Troy, Clarence Williams: Cake Walkin' Babies from Home

Work length3:08
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Charlie Dixon (banjo), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Buster Bailey (clarinet), Charlie Green (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet)

Handy: Careless Love Blues (take 1)

Work length3:24
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fred Longshaw (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Armstrong (cornet)

Perry Bradford: I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle

Work length3:20
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fred Longshaw (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Armstrong (cornet)

F.W. Longshaw: At the Christmas Ball

Work length3:23
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet)

G. Brooks: Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town

Work length3:18
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Buster Bailey (clarinet), Gary Pacheco (director)

Bessie Smith: Backwater Blues

Work length3:17
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano), James Johnson (piano)

T. Layton, H. Creamer: After You've Gone

Work length2:55
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Charlie Dixon (banjo), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Buster Bailey (clarinet), Jimmy Harrison (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet), Gary Pacheco (director)

Berlin, I: Alexander's Ragtime Band

Work length2:58
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Charlie Dixon (banjo), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Coleman Hawkins (clarinet), Jimmy Harrison (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet), Gary Pacheco (director)

T. Metz, J. Hayden: There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight

Work length3:17
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Charlie Dixon (banjo), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Buster Bailey (clarinet), Jimmy Harrison (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet), Gary Pacheco (director)

G. Brooks, G. Johnson: Trombone Cholly

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet), Gary Pacheco (director)

G. Brooks: Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

Work length3:20
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Joe Smith (cornet)

E. Green: A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Work length2:58
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Lincoln M. Conaway (guitar), Porter Grainger (piano)

G. Brooks: Dyin' by the Hour

Work length2:57
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Tom Ladnier (cornet), Gary Pacheco (director)

J.C. Johnson: Me and My Gin

Work length2:49
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Joe Williams (trombone)

Andy Razaf, Edna Pinkard: Kitchen Man

Work length2:55
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith, Eddie Lang (guitar), Joe Venuti (violin)

Jimmie Cox: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

Work length2:56
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • 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
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano), The Bessemer Singers

S. Williams: Moan, You Moaners

Work length3:11
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano), The Bessemer Singers

J.C. Johnson: Black Mountain Blues

Work length3:06
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Steve Stevens (piano), Ed Allen (cornet)

Bessie Smith: Shipwreck Blues

Work length3:19
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Floyd Casey (drums), Clarence Williams (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Metcalfe (cornet)

Clarence Williams: Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl

Work length2:46
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano), James Newton Howard

W. Wilson: Do Your Duty

Work length3:23
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Bobby Johnson (guitar), Buck Washington (piano), Billy Taylor (bass), Chu Berry (tenor saxophone), Frank Newton (trumpet), Jack Teagarden (trombone)

W. Wilson: Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer

Work length3:27
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Bobby Johnson (guitar), Buck Washington (piano), Billy Taylor (bass), Chu Berry (tenor saxophone), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Frank Newton (trumpet), Jack Teagarden (trombone)

L. Wilson, W. Wilson: Take Me for a Buggy Ride

Work length2:34
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Bobby Johnson (guitar), Buck Washington (piano), Billy Taylor (bass), Frank Newton (trumpet), Jack Teagarden (trombone)

L. Wilson, W. Wilson: Down in the Dumps

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
$2.00
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Bobby Johnson (guitar), Buck Washington (piano), Billy Taylor (bass), Chu Berry (tenor saxophone), Frank Newton (trumpet), Jack Teagarden (trombone)

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