The Complete Recordings, Volume 5

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

The second CD consists entirely of interviews with Smith's niece, Ruby Smith, which, while of secondary interest to the music, make for fascinating listening. In a gradual, rambling way, Ruby constructs an image of her famous aunt that reveals additional facets of the Empress of the Blues.

Annotation last modified on 2011-12-13 07:09 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1931-11-20)
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version) (on 1931-11-20)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:50
2Safety Mama
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1931-11-20)
3:26
3Do Your Duty
double bass:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1933-11-24)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1933-11-24)
piano:
Buck Washington (on 1933-11-24)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1933-11-24)
trombone:
Jack Teagarden (on 1933-11-24)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1933-11-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Do Your Duty (on 1933-11-24)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
3:27
4Gimme a Pigfoot
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1933-11-24)
banjo and guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1933-11-24)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1933-11-24)
double bass [bass]:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1933-11-24)
piano:
Buck Washington (on 1933-11-24)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1933-11-24)
trombone:
Jack Teagarden (on 1933-11-24)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1933-11-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (on 1933-11-24)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
3:31
5Take Me for a Buggy Ride
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Take Me for a Buggy Ride (on 1933-11-24)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
2:38
6I'm Down in the Dumps
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Down in the Dumps (on 1933-11-24)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson and Leola B. Wilson
3:12
7The Yellow Dog Blues
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1925-05-06)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1925-05-06)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1925-05-06)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-06)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1925-05-06)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-06)
tuba:
Bob Escudero (on 1925-05-06)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-06)
cover recording of:
Yellow Dog Blues (on 1925-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
3:18
8Soft Pedal Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-14)
3:22
9Nashville Women's Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
3:19
10Careless Love Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-26)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
3:30
11Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moon)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
recording of:
Muddy Water (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Jo Trent
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio) and Harry Richman (singer, actor, pianist, composer and vaudevillian)
publisher:
Broadway Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
3:16
12St. Louis Blues: Band Intro
0:45
13St. Louis Blues: Crap Game
5:43
14St. Louis Blues: St. Louis Blues
8:19
2▼CD: 1971 Interview with Bessie Smith & Ruby Smith
#TitleRatingLength
1Bessie Disappears
4:50
2Waldorf-Astoria Party
7:15
3Bessie & Jack, Part I
2:52
4Bessie & Jack, Part II / Bessie & The Ladies
10:23
5Life on the Road, Part I
11:14
6Life on the Road, Part II
14:02
7Life on the Road, Part III / Bessie & Gertrude Saunders
21:18

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Release

ASIN:US: B0000029DJ [info]

Release group

part of:Music Genre Tree (canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre)