How Blue Can You Get? - Great Blues Vocals in the Jazz Tradition

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Good Morning Blues
recording of:
Good Morning Blues
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
Lead Belly2:55
2Back O' Town Blues
recording of:
Back o’ Town Blues
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Luis Russell
Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars4:17
3St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Jack Teagarden's Big Eight3:05
4That Ain't Right
recording of:
That Ain't Right
lyricist and composer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
Ellis Larkins Trio & Mildred Bailey3:04
5Crowing Rooster Blues
Lonnie Johnson2:36
6Evil Man's Blues
Teddy Bunn & The Hot Lips Page Trio3:27
7Why Don't You Do Right
recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right?
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
Lil Green2:58
8Corrine Corrina
recording of:
Corrine, Corrina
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Armetia Chatman (blues musician, aka Bo Chatmon) (in 1929), J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams (in 1929) and Mitchell Parish (in 1932)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., EMI Music Publishing France and Gotham Music Service, Inc. (on 1932-03-18)
Wingy Manone and His Orchestra2:13
9Bessi, Bessie, Bessie
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1941-10-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1941-10-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-10-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1941-10-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1941-10-01)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1941-10-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1941-10-01)
recording of:
Bessie, Bessie, Bessie (on 1941-10-01)
writer:
Fats Waller
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:59
10St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Maxine Sullivan3:19
11How Blue Can You Get?
recording of:
How Blue Can You Get?
writer:
Jane Feather
composer:
Leonard Feather
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Melva Pub. Co. and Modern Age Music
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers3:03
12Stormy Monday Blues
recording of:
Stormy Monday Blues
writer:
Bob Crowder (tenor saxophone), Billy Eckstine and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
7 Arts and Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases)
Billy Eckstine & Earl Hines and His Orchestra3:08
13Taxi Blues
Little Richard2:17
14Port Wine Blues
Ruby Smith & Gene Sedric and His Orchestra2:55
15Brand New Wagon
Jimmy Rushing & The Count Basie Orchestra2:55
16The Tiny Boogie
Tiny Davis & International Sweethearts of Rhythm2:48
17Rocks in My Bed
Joe Williams & Jimmy Jones and His Orchestra3:38
18I Sing the Blues
Helen Humes & Red Norvo and His Orchestra7:31
19Just Another Woman
bass:
Ernest "Bass" Hill (on 1940-12-10)
guitar:
Teddy Bunn (on 1940-12-10)
mellophone:
Hot Lips Page (on 1940-12-10)
piano:
Leonard Feather (on 1940-12-10)
vocals:
Hot Lips Page (on 1940-12-10)
The Hot Lips Page Trio2:55