Bessie Smith - The Empress 1923 - 1933
| Genre: | Jazz, Blues |
| Singer: | Bessie Smith |
| Title: | The Empress 1923 - 1933 |
| Short-info: | Label:
Frémeaux & Associés – FA 223
Type: 2 x CD, Compilation Country: France Date of released: 1997 Category: Jazz, Blues Style: |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1478 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1906 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC APE FLAC MMF AC3 MP2 FLAC ASF |
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1-1 | Down Hearted Blues | 3:30 |
| 1-2 | Gulf Coast Blues | 3:04 |
| 1-3 | Aggravatin' Papa | 3:16 |
| 1-4 | Beale Street Mama | 3:33 |
| 1-5 | Graveyard Dream Blues | 2:42 |
| 1-6 | Cemetery Blues | 3:27 |
| 1-7 | Any Woman Blues | 3:22 |
| 1-8 | Boweavil BluesPiano – Irving Johns |
2:50 |
| 1-9 | Weeping Willow Blues | 3:07 |
| 1-10 | Reckless Blues | 2:56 |
| 1-11 | Sobbin' Hearted Blues | 2:56 |
| 1-12 | Cake Walkin' Babies From Home | 3:08 |
| 1-13 | The Yellow Dog Blues | 2:56 |
| 1-14 | Soft Pedal Blues | 3:10 |
| 1-15 | Nashville Woman's Blues | 3:10 |
| 1-16 | Careless Love Blues | 3:14 |
| 1-17 | I Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle | 3:22 |
| 1-18 | At The Christmas Ball | 3:26 |
| 2-1 | Squeeze Me | 2:50 |
| 2-2 | Money Blues | 3:08 |
| 2-3 | Baby Doll | 2:58 |
| 2-4 | Young Woman Blues | 3:06 |
| 2-5 | Back Water Blues | 3:06 |
| 2-6 | After You've Gone | 2:55 |
| 2-7 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | 2:57 |
| 2-8 | Muddy Water | 3:11 |
| 2-9 | There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight | 3:21 |
| 2-10 | Trombone Cholly | 3:10 |
| 2-11 | Foolish Man BluesCornet – Tommy Ladnier |
2:52 |
| 2-12 | Empty Bed BluesPiano – Porter Grainger |
6:22 |
| 2-13 | St. Louis Blues | 8:20 |
| 2-14 | Wasted Life Blues | 3:02 |
| 2-15 | On Revival Day | 2:56 |
| 2-16 | Shipwreck BluesTrumpet – Louis Bacon |
3:20 |
| 2-17 | Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl | 2:47 |
| 2-18 | Take Me For A Buggy RideBass – Billy Taylor*Guitar – Bobby JohnsonPiano – Buck WashingtonTenor Saxophone – Leon "Chu" BerryTrombone – Jack TeagardenTrumpet – Frank Newton |
2:36 |
Credits
- Banjo – Narcisse "Buddy" Christian* (tracks: 1-3, 1-4), Charlie Dixon (tracks: 1-12, 1-13, 2-6 to 2-9, 2-12, 2-13)
- Clarinet – Buster Bailey (tracks: 1-12, 1-13, 2-4, 2-6 to 2-9, 2-12, 2-13), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 2-6 to 2-9)
- Cornet – Ernest Elliot (tracks: 1-3, 1-4), Joe Smith (tracks: 1-9, 1-12, 1-13, 1-18, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-6 to 2-10, 2-13), Louis Armstrong (tracks: 1-10, 1-11, 1-14 to 1-17)
- Drums – Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall* (tracks: 2-12, 2-13)
- Piano – Clarence Williams (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1, 2-16, 2-17), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 1-7, 1-9, 1-12 to 1-18, 2-2 to 2-4, 2-6 to 2-11), Fred Longshaw (tracks: 1-10, 1-11), James P. Johnson* (tracks: 2-5, 2-13 to 2-15), Jimmy Jones (tracks: 1-5, 1-6)
- Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 1-12, 1-13), Happy Caldwell (tracks: 2-12, 2-13)
- Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-12 to 1-18, 2-12, 2-13, 2-16), Jimmy Harrison (tracks: 2-5 to 2-9)
- Trumpet – Sidney De Paris (tracks: 2-12, 2-13)
- Tuba – Harry Hull (tracks: 2-12, 2-13), Ralph Escudero (tracks: 1-12, 1-13)
