Midnite Jazz & Blues: Empress of the Blues

Tracklist

• 1
  Down Hearted Blues
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Gulf Coast Blues
  3:06
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Aggravatin' Papa
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Baby Won't You Please Come Home
  2:57
  4.0 ★
• 5
  T' Ain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
  3:11
  4.0 ★
• 7
  My Sweetie Went Away
  3:12
• 8
  Any Woman's Blues
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 9
  House Rent Blues
  3:06
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Weeping Willow Blues
  3:10
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Sinful Blues
  3:10
• 12
  St. Louis Blues
  3:11
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Reckless Blues
  3:04
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Careless Love Blues
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 15
  I Ain't Gonna Play no Second Fiddle
  3:22
  4.0 ★
• 16
  I Ain't Got Nobody
  3:10
• 17
  Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
  6:24
• 18
  Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  2:57
  5.0 ★

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Release credits

• Bessie Smith
  vocal [1-6, 8-10, 12-15, 18]
• Buddy Christian
  banjo [3]
• Charlie Green
  trombone [9-10, 14-15, 17]
• Clarence Williams
  piano [1-5, 18]
• Cyrus St. Clair
  tuba [18]
• Ed Allen
  cornet [18]
• Ernest Elliott
  clarinet [3]
• Fletcher Henderson
  piano [8-10, 14-15]
• Fred Longshaw
  reed organ [12-13]
• Garvin Bushell
  alto saxophone [18]
• George Baquet
  clarinet [6]
• Greely Walton
  tenor saxophone [18]
• Joe Smith
  cornet [10]
• Louis Armstrong
  cornet [12-15]
• Porter Grainger
  piano [17]
• [unknown]
  piano [6]
• Show all credits (16)

Issues

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  Midnite Jazz & Blues: Empress of the Blues

  CD
  2001