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The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4

Fred Longshaw (piano, trombone), Charlie Green (trombone, cornet), Demas Dean (cornet, piano), Dean Demans (cornet), Porter Grainger (piano), Abraham Wheat (clarinet, soprano saxophone), Bob Fuller (clarinet, alto saxophone), Bessie Smith (vocal, vocals), Porter Gainer (piano), Ernest Elliott (alto...

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Contents

Bessie Smith: Standin' in the Rain Blues

Work length2:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Fred Longshaw (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Demas Dean (cornet)

Bessie Smith: It Won't Be You

Work length2:47
$1.30
$1.70
  • Fred Longshaw (piano), Fred Longshaw (trombone), Demas Dean (piano), Dean Demans (cornet), Charlie Green (cornet)

Bessie Smith: Spider Man Blues

Work length3:22
$1.30
$1.70
  • Porter Grainger (piano), Abraham Wheat (clarinet), Abraham Wheat (soprano saxophone), Bob Fuller (clarinet)

J.C. Johnson: Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1

Work length3:00
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Charlie Green (trombone)

J.C. Johnson: Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2

Work length3:19
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Charlie Green (trombone)

Grainger: Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)

Work length2:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Gainer (piano), Charlie Green (trombone)

Grainger: Yes Indeed He Do!

Work length3:14
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Bob Fuller (alto saxophone), Bob Fuller (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (alto saxophone), Ernest Elliott (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (tenor saxophone)

Grainger: Devil's Gonna Git You

Work length3:10
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Bob Fuller (alto saxophone), Bob Fuller (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (alto saxophone), Ernest Elliott (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (tenor saxophone)

Grainger: You Ought to Be Ashamed

Work length3:05
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Bob Fuller (alto saxophone), Bob Fuller (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (alto saxophone), Ernest Elliott (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (tenor saxophone)

S. Williams: Washwoman's Blues

Work length3:07
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Bessie Williams (vocal), Porter Gainger (piano), Bob Fuller (alto saxophone), Bob Fuller (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (alto saxophone), Ernest Elliott (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (tenor saxophone)

S. Red: Slow and Easy Man

Work length2:56
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Bob Fuller (alto saxophone), Bob Fuller (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (alto saxophone), Ernest Elliott (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (tenor saxophone)

Bessie Smith: Poor Man's Blues

Work length3:24
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Bob Fuller (alto saxophone), Bob Fuller (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (alto saxophone), Ernest Elliott (clarinet), Ernest Elliott (tenor saxophone), Joe Williams (trombone)

Bessie Smith: Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind

Work length2:54
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Porter Grainger (piano), Joe Williams (trombone)

J.C. Johnson: Me and My Gin

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

Williams, S: I'm Wild About That Thing

Work length2:47
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith, Eddie Lang (guitar), Joe Venuti (violin)

Clarence Williams: You've Got to Give Me Some

Work length2:41
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith, Eddie Lang (guitar), Joe Venuti (violin)

Andy Razaf, Edna Pinkard: Kitchen Man

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

Clarence Williams, H. Jenkins: I've Got What It Takes, But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away

Work length3:08
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano), Garvin Bushell (alto saxophone), Greely Walton (tenor saxophone), Ed Allen (cornet)

J. Cox: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

Work length2:56
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano), Garvin Bushell (alto saxophone), Greely Walton (tenor saxophone), Ed Allen (cornet)

Howard Gray: Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)

Work length3:19
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano)

Howard Gray: He's Got Me Goin'

Work length3:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano)

Bessie Smith: It Makes My Love Come Down

Work length2:55
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano), Adam Block (director), Adam Sieff (director)

Bessie Smith: Wasted Life Blues

Work length3:01
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano)

Bessie Smith: Dirty No-Gooder's Blues

Work length2:55
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano)

S. Williams: Blue Spirit Blues

Work length2:55
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano)

S. Williams: Worn Out Papa Blues

Work length2:48
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano)

Clarence Williams, S. Williams, Janice Johnson: You Don't Understand

Work length3:04
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano)

S. Unger, S. Bernie, Janice Johnson: Don't Cry Baby

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano)

Clarence Williams: Keep It to Yourself

Work length3:30
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Louis Metcalfe (piano), Louis Metcalfe (trumpet), Clarence Williams (piano), Garvin Bushell (alto saxophone), Garvin Bushell (clarinet), Charlie Green (trombone)

George W. Thomas: New Orleans Hop Scop Blues

Work length2:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano), Garvin Bushell (alto saxophone), Garvin Bushell (clarinet), Louis Metclafe (trumpet), Charlie Green (trombone)

Clarence Williams, Andrew Hill: See If I'll Care

Work length3:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano), Charlie Green (trombone)

Clarence Williams, B. Moll: Baby Have Pitty on Me

Work length3:19
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Clarence Williams (piano), Charlie Green (trombone)

A. Razaf: On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)

Work length2:55
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano), The Bessemer Singers

S. Williams: Moan, You Moaners

Work length3:12
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), James P. Johnson (piano), The Bessemer Singers

J. Crawford: Hustlin' Dan

Work length3:30
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Steve Stevens (piano), Ed Allen (cornet)

J.C. Johnson: Black Mountain Blues

Work length3:07
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Steve Stevens (piano), Ed Allen (cornet)

Bessie Smith: In the House Blues

Work length2:59
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Floyd Casey (drums), Clarence Williams (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Metcalfe (cornet)

Bessie Smith: Long Old Road

Work length3:26
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Floyd Casey (drums), Louis Metcalfe (piano), Clarence Williams (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Metcalfe (cornet)

Bessie Smith: Blues Blues

Work length3:12
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Floyd Casey (drums), Clarence Williams (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Metcalfe (cornet)

Bessie Smith: Shipwreck Blues

Work length3:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bessie Smith (vocal), Floyd Casey (drums), Clarence Williams (piano), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Metcalfe (cornet)