Bessie Smith - Squeeze Me Disc 2 of 2
Label: Le Chant du Monde
Released : 2008
Format : Mp3@320
>Bessie Smith - Squeeze Me Disc 2 of 2
Label: Le Chant du Monde
Released : 2008
Format : Mp3@320
Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on other jazz vocalists
Bessie Smith 1936
Disc 2
01. Nashville Women's Blues - 03:42
Bessie Smith – vocal
Louis Armstrong – cornet
Charlie Green – trombone
Freddie Longshaw – piano
Recorded New York 26 May 1925
02. Careless Love Blues - 03:28
Bessie Smith – vocal
Louis Armstrong – cornet
Charlie Green – trombone
Freddie Longshaw – piano
Recorded New York 26 May 1925
03. Nobody's Blues But Mine - 02:54
Bessie Smith – vocal
Bob Fuller – clarinet, alto
Isadora Myers – piano
Elmer Snowdon – bass
Recorded New York 26 April 1925
04. I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It - 02:58
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Smith – cornet
Charlie Green – trombone
Fletcher Henderson – piano
Recorded New York 18 November 1925
05. Squeeze Me - 02:54
Bessie Smith – vocal
Clarence Williams – piano
Recorded New York 5 March 1926
06. Money Blues - 03:12
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Smith – cornet
Fletcher Henderson – piano
Recorded New York 5 May 1926
07. Young Woman's Blues - 03:10
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Smith – cornet
Buster Bailey – clarinet
Fletcher Henderson – piano
Recorded New York 26 October 1926
08. Preachin' The Blues - 02:53
Bessie Smith – vocal
James P Johnson –piano
Recorded New York 17 February 1927
09. Back Water Blues - 02:42
Bessie Smith – vocal
James P Johnson –piano
Recorded New York 17 February 1927
10. Alexander's Ragtime Band - 03:01
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Smith – cornet
Jimmy Harrison – trombone
Coleman Hawkins – clarinet
Fletcher Henderson – piano
Recorded New York 2 March 1927
11. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan ) - 03:15
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Smith – cornet
Jimmy Harrison – trombone
Coleman Hawkins – clarinet
Fletcher Henderson – piano
Recorded New York 2 March 1927
12. Trombone Cholly - 03:14
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Smith – cornet
Charlie Green – trombone
Fletcher Henderson – piano
Recorded New York 3 March 1927
13. A Good Man Is Hard To Find - 03:01
Bessie Smith – vocal
Porter Grainger – piano
Lincoln Grainger – guitar
Recorded New York 27 September 1927
14. Foolish Man Blues - 02:56
Bessie Smith – vocal
Tommy Ladnier – clarinet
Fletcher Henderson – piano
Recorded New York 27 September 1927
15. Standin' In The Rain Blues - 02:55
Bessie Smith – vocal
Demas Dean – clarinet
Fred Langshaw – piano
Recorded New York 20 March 1928
16. Empty Bed Blues - 06:24
Bessie Smith – vocal
Charlie Green – trombone
Porter Grainger – piano
Recorded New York 20 March 1928
17. Poor Man's Blues - 03:27
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Williams – trombone
Bob Fuller – clarinet, alto
Ernest Eliot – clarinet, alto, tenor
Porter Grainger – piano
Recorded New York 24 April 1928
18. Me And My Gin - 02:52
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Williams – trombone
Porter Grainger – piano
Recorded New York 25 April 1928
19. Nobody Knows You When... - 02:59
Bessie Smith – vocal
Joe Williams – trombone
Ed Allen – clarinet
Garvin Ash – alto
Greely Walton – tenor
Clarence Williams – piano
Cyprus St Clair – tuba
Recorded New York 15 May 1929
20. Wasted Life Blues - 03:05
Bessie Smith – vocal
James P Johnson – piano
Recorded New York 1 October 1929
21. Blue Spirit Blues - 02:56
Bessie Smith – vocal
James P Johnson – piano
Recorded New York 11 October 1929
22. On Revival Day - 02:58
Bessie Smith – vocal
James P Johnson – piano
The Bessemer Singers – vocal group
Recorded New York 9 June 1930
23. Shipwreck Blues - 03:23
Bessie Smith – vocal
Louis Metcalf – clarinet
Charlie Green – trombone
Clarence Williams – piano
Floyd Casey – drums
Recorded New York 11 June 1931
24. Take Me For A Buggy Ride - 02:35
Bessie Smith with Buck and His Band
Bessie Smith – vocal
Frank Newton – trumpet
Jack Teagarden – trombone
Chu Berry – tenor
Buck Washington – piano
Bobby Johnson – guitar
Billy Taylor Sr - bass
Recorded New York 24 November 1933