Personnel:
Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden, Buster Bailey, Chu Berry, Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Williams.
Reference: DRCD 11374
Bar code: 84360064393744
A COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION COVERING HER WHOLE CAREER.
INCLUDES DETAILED AND INSIGHFUL LINER NOTES!
Featuring Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden, Buster Bailey, Chu Berry, Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Williams.
This new selection covers her whole career, beginning with her first session and ending with her last. It also includes ALL the masters she recorded backed by the great Louis Armstrong in 1925 and many other gems.
Tracklisting:
1. Downhearted Blues
2. Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
3. My Sweetie Went Away
4. Weeping Willow Blues
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Reckless Blues
7. Sobbin' Hearted Blues
8. Cold In Hand Blues
9. You'd Been a Good Ole Wagon
10. Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
11. The Yellow Dog Blues
12. Nashville Woman's Blues
13. Careless Love Blues
14. J.C. Holmes Blues
15. I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle
16. Young Woman's Blues
17. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
18. Mean Old Bedbug Blues
19. Empty Bed Blues (Part 1)
20. Empty Bed Blues (Part 2)
21. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
22. Black Mountain Blues
23. Do Your Duty
24. Gimme a Pigfoot.
Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on April 15, 1894. As one of ten children of a black family stricken by poverty in the segregated South, Bessie overcame tremendous odds to become the Empress of the Blues -the best blues singer of her era, and the source of numerous legends. Above all, Bessie had a powerful and beautiful voice, and a strong personality which she imposed on every tune she chose to sing. Some of the tunes from her repertoire were composed by or for her, while she selected others from the vaudeville shows she often performed in. Most of the songs were blues about lost lovers and personal problems, which in her voice sounded sincere and moving. She died in a car crash in 1937, an event that became another source of legend.
Total time: 78:00 mins.
