The Empress 1923 - 1933
Bessie Smith
Label : Frémeaux & Associés [The Quintessence]
Reference : FA 223
Date : 1997
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 Blues | 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 Blues | 2:52 | |
2-12 | Empty Bed Blues | 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 Blues | 3:20 | |
2-17 | Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl | 2:47 | |
2-18 | Take Me For A Buggy Ride | 2:36 |
Piano | Irving Johns | 1-8 |
Cornet | Tommy Ladnier | 2-11 |
Piano | Porter Grainger | 2-12 |
Trumpet | Louis Bacon | 2-16 |
Bass | Billy Taylor [Billy Taylor Sr.] | 2-18 |
Guitar | Bobby Johnson | 2-18 |
Piano | Buck Washington | 2-18 |
Tenor Saxophone | Leon ’Chu’ Berry | 2-18 |
Trombone | Jack Teagarden | 2-18 |
Trumpet | Frank Newton | 2-18 |
Banjo | Narcisse ’Buddy’ Christian [Buddy Christian] | 1-3>1-4 |
Banjo | Charlie Dixon | 1-12>1-13,2-6>2-9,2-12>2-13 |
Clarinet | Buster Bailey | 1-12>1-13,2-4,2-6>2-9,2-12>2-13 |
Clarinet | Coleman Hawkins | 2-6>2-9 |
Cornet | Ernest Elliot [Ernest Elliott] | 1-3>1-4 |
Cornet | Joe Smith | 1-9,1-12>1-13,1-18,2-1>2-4,2-6>2-10,2-13 |
Cornet | Louis Armstrong | 1-10>1-11,1-14>1-17 |
Drums | Joseph ’Kaiser’ Marshall [Kaiser Marshall] | 2-12>2-13 |
Piano | Clarence Williams | 1-1>1-4,2-1,2-16>2-17 |
Piano | Fletcher Henderson | 1-7,1-9,1-12>1-18,2-2>2-4,2-6>2-11 |
Piano | Fred Longshaw | 1-10>1-11 |
Piano | James P. Johnson [James Price Johnson] | 2-5,2-13>2-15 |
Piano | Jimmy Jones | 1-5>1-6 |
Tenor Saxophone | Coleman Hawkins | 1-12>1-13 |
Tenor Saxophone | Happy Caldwell | 2-12>2-13 |
Trombone | Charlie Green | 1-8>1-9,1-12>1-18,2-12>2-13,2-16 |
Trombone | Jimmy Harrison | 2-5>2-9 |
Trumpet | Sidney De Paris | 2-12>2-13 |
Tuba | Harry Hull | 2-12>2-13 |
Tuba | Ralph Escudero | 1-12>1-13 |