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The Empress 1923 - 1933

Bessie Smith

Label : Frémeaux & Associés [The Quintessence]
Reference : FA 223
Date : 1997

Tracklist
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
Featured Artists
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
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