Bessie Smith - Her Best Recordings 1923

Bessie Smith - Her Best Recordings 1923 - 1933

Singer: Bessie Smith
Title: Her Best Recordings 1923 - 1933
Label: Best Of Jazz ‎– 4030
Type: CD, Compilation
Country: France
Date of released: 1996
Category: Jazz, Blues
Style: Dixieland, Ragtime, Swing
Size MP3 zip: 1846 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1833 mb
Rating: 5.0✭
Format: MP3 MMF WAV FLAC AUD VOC MP1 VOX FLAC

Bessie Smith - Her Best Recordings 1923 - 1933
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Bessie Smith - Her Best Recordings 1923 - 1933
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Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Down-Hearted Blues Piano – Clarence WilliamsWritten-By – Hunter, Austin	3:24
2	Jail House Blues Piano – Irving JohnsWritten-By – Smith, Williams	3:12
3	My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why) Clarinet – George BaquetPiano – Jimmy Jones Written-By – Handman, Turk	3:10
4	Any Woman's Blues Piano – Fletcher HendersonWritten-By – Austin*	3:18
5	Weeping Willow Blues Cornet – Joe Smith Piano – Fletcher HendersonTrombone – Charlie GreenWritten-By – Carter*	3:08
6	The St. Louis Blues Cornet – Louis ArmstrongOrgan [Reed Organ] – Fred LongshawWritten-By – Handy*	3:07
7	Cold In Hand Blues Cornet – Louis ArmstrongPiano – Fred LongshawWritten-By – Longshaw, Gee	3:11
8	You've Been An Old Good Wagon Cornet – Louis ArmstrongPiano – Fred LongshawWritten-By – Smith, Balcom	3:27
9	Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) Banjo – Charlie DixonClarinet – Buster BaileyCornet – Joe Smith Ensemble – Henderson's Hot SixPiano – Fletcher HendersonTenor Saxophone – Coleman HawkinsTrombone – Charlie GreenTuba – Ralph EscuderoWritten-By – Smith, Williams, Troy*	3:07
10	Careless Love Blues Cornet – Louis ArmstrongPiano – Fletcher HendersonTrombone – Charlie GreenWritten-By – Handy*	3:24
11	Baby Doll Cornet – Joe Smith Piano – Fletcher HendersonWritten-By – Smith*	2:58
12	Hard Time Blues Piano – Fletcher HendersonWritten-By – Smith*	3:12
13	Young Woman's Blues Clarinet – Buster BaileyCornet – Joe Smith Ensemble – Bessie Smith And Her Blue BoysPiano – Fletcher HendersonWritten-By – Smith*	3:06
14	Preachin' The Blues Piano – James P. JohnsonWritten-By – Smith	2:49
15	Alexander's Ragtime Band Banjo – Charlie DixonClarinet – Buster Bailey, Coleman HawkinsCornet – Joe Smith Piano – Fletcher HendersonTrombone – Jimmy HarrisonWritten-By – Berlin*	2:58
16	Trombone Cholly Cornet – Joe Smith Ensemble – Bessie Smith And Her Blue BoysPiano – Fletcher HendersonTrombone – Charlie GreenWritten-By – Brooks*	3:09
17	Dyin' By The Hour Piano – Fletcher HendersonTrumpet – Tommy LadnierTuba – June ColeWritten-By – Brooks*	2:58
18	Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Alto Saxophone – Garvin BushellCornet – Ed AllenPiano – Clarence WilliamsTenor Saxophone – Greely WaltonTuba – Cyrus St. ClairWritten-By – Cox*	2:55
19	He's Got Me Goin' Piano – James P. JohnsonWritten-By – Gray	3:10
20	Shipwreck Blues Piano – Clarence WilliamsTrombone – Williams W. ChristianTrumpet – Louis MetcalfWritten-By – Smith	3:19
21	Do Your Duty Bass – Billy TaylorClarinet – Benny GoodmanEnsemble – Buck And His BandGuitar – Bobby JohnsonPiano – Buck WashingtonTenor Saxophone – Chu BerryTrombone – Jack TeagardenTrumpet – Frank NewtonWritten-By – Wilson*	3:22
22	Gimme A Pigfoot Bass – Billy TaylorClarinet – Benny GoodmanEnsemble – Buck And His BandGuitar – Bobby JohnsonPiano – Buck WashingtonTenor Saxophone – Chu BerryTrombone – Jack TeagardenTrumpet – Frank NewtonWritten-By – Wilson*	3:37

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Mélodie Distribution
Copyright (c) – Best Of Jazz
Pressed By – Dureco France

Credits

Compiled By [Titles Selected By] – Duncan Schiedt, Jerry Valburn, Johnny Simmen, Kurt Mohr, Preston Love
Liner Notes – Graham Colombé
Reissue Producer – Gilles Pétard
Vocals – Bessie Smith

Notes

All tracks recorded in New York.
Recording dates, label cat. Nr. and matrix of initial issues :
Track 1: February 16, 1923, Columbia A-3844 / 80863-5
Track 2: September 21, 1923, Columbia A-4001 / 81226-2
Track 3: October 15, 1923, Columbia 13000-D / 81245-6
Track 4: October 16, 1923, Columbia 13001-D / 1283-3
Track 5: September 26, 1924, Columbia 14042-D / 140062-2
Track 6: January 14, 1925, Columbia 14064-D / 140241-1
Track 7: January 14, 1925, Columbia 14064-D / 140250-2
Track 8: January 14, 1925, Columbia 14079-D / 140251-1
Track 9: May 5, 1925, Columbia 35673 / 140585-2
Track 10: May 26, 1925, Columbia 14083-D / 140626-1
Track 11: May 4, 1926, Columbia 14147-D / 142147-2
Track 12: October 25, 1926, Columbia 14179-D / 142874-2
Track 13: October 26, 1926, Columbia 14179-D / 142878-3
Track 14: February 17, 1927, Columbia 14195-D / 143490-2
Track 15: March 2, 1927, Columbia 14219-D / 143568-1
Track 16: March 3, 1927, Columbia 14232-D / 143575-3
Track 17: October 27, 1927, Columbia 14273-D / 144918-1
Track 18: May 15, 1929, Columbia 14451-D / 148534-3
Track 19: August 20, 1929, Columbia 14464-D / 148902-2
Track 20: June 11, 1931, Columbia 14663-D / 151597-3
Track 21: November 24, 1933, Okeh 8945 / 152577-2
Track 22: November 24, 1933, Okeh 8949 / 152578-2

Made in France © 1996 Best Of Jazz Records.

According to booklet tracklist:
Jimmy Jones on track 3 and Clarence Williams on track 20 are not sure
Buster Bailey and / or Coleman Hawkins are on clarinet on track 15

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 3 307518 403024
Matrix / Runout: DURECO 4030
Rights Society: STEMRA
Price Code (France): DK 003
SPARS Code: AAD