Blues Masters, Volume 11

~ Release by Bessie Smith / Sonny Boy Williamson I / Sonny Boy Williamson II / Furry Lewis / Robert Lockwood, Jr. (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD: 31: Bessie Smith
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Down Hearted Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-16)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
part of:
National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1923, inducted: 2002)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-06)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
Bessie Smith43:26
2Gulf Coast Blues
recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1923)
Bessie Smith3:05
3Oh Daddy Blues
Bessie Smith3:05
4Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (on 1923-04-11)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Bessie Smith42:57
5Aggravatin’ Papa
Bessie Smith3:17
6Beale Street Mama
Bessie Smith3:35
7Keeps On A‐Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)
Bessie Smith3:08
8’Taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
Bessie Smith3:27
9Mama’s Got the Blues
piano:
Fletcher Henderson
vocal:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
recording of:
Mama's Got The Blues (Martin and Williams, 1920s)
writer:
Sarah Martin (1920s US blues singer, 1884–1955)
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Bessie Smith2:57
10Outside of That
Bessie Smith3:28
11Lady Luck Blues
Bessie Smith3:08
12Yodling Blues
Bessie Smith3:12
13Bleeding Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith3:07
14Midnight Blues
Bessie Smith3:18
15If You Don’t, I Know Who Will
Bessie Smith3:36
16Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
Bessie Smith3:32
17Jail House Blues
piano:
Irving Johns
vocal:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
recording of:
Jailhouse Blues
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Bessie Smith3:14
18Sam Jones Blues
Bessie Smith2:48
19Cemetery Blues
Bessie Smith3:30
20Graveyard Dream Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-26)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) (on 1923-09-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-26)
Bessie Smith52:44
2▶CD: 32: Sonny Boy Williamson I / Sonny Boy Williamson II
3▶CD: 33: Furry Lewis / Robert Lockwood, Jr.

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part of:Blues Masters (2012, Greek, 17 volumes, each with 3 CDs & magazine) (number: 11) (order: 11)