The Essence of Bessie Smith
Compilation by Bessie Smith
Released 2006
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Downhearted Blues3:274.0 ★
- 2Gimme a Pigfoot3:29
- 3Baby Won't You Please Come Home2:564.0 ★
- 4Taint Nobody's Business If I Do3:27
- 5Any Woman's Blues3:264.0 ★
- 6Chicago Bound Blues3:17
- 7Graveyard Dream Blues2:445.0 ★
- 8Jail House Blues3:14
- 9Lady Luck Blues3:08
- 10Boweavil Blues2:52
- 11Bye Bye Blues3:18
- 12House Rent Blues3:06
- 13Sing Sing Prison Blues3:04
- 14Woman's Trouble Blues3:05
- 15Work House Blues3:21
- 16Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle3:214.0 ★
- 17St Louis Blues3:104.0 ★
- 18Careless Love Blues3:26
- 19He’s Gone Blues3:09
- 20Love Me Daddy Blues3:14
- 21Sinful Blues3:09
- 22You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon3:29
- CD 2
- 1Young Woman’s Blues3:08
- 2Gin House Blues3:13
- 3Golden Rules3:03
- 4Hard Driving Papa2:57
- 5What’s the Matter Now?2:45
- 6A Good Man Is Hard to Find2:59
- 7Alexander’s Ragtime Band2:59
- 8After You’ve Gone2:56
- 9Blackwater Blues3:18
- 10Honey Man Blues3:13
- 11Lock and Key2:58
- 12Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)3:06
- 13Preachin’ the Blues2:51
- 14Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair3:21
- 15There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight3:19
- 16Dyin’ By the Hour2:58
- 17Foolish Man Blues2:53
- 18I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave2:57
- 19Kitchen Man2:56
- 20Me and My Gin2:50
- 21Black Mountain Blues3:07
- 22On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)2:55
- 23I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl2:47
- 24Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:585.0 ★
More by Bessie Smith
Release credits
- clarinet [2]
- lead vocals [22], vocal [2.1, 2.8, 2.19, 2.24, 1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.16-17]
- double bass [2]
- banjo [2], guitar [2]
- piano [2]
- clarinet [1, 8]
- trombone [16]
- piano [1.1, 1.3, 2.19, 2.24]
- tuba [24]
- cornet [24]
- guitar [19]
- piano [2.1, 1.5, 1.16]
- trumpet [2]
- piano [22], reed organ [17]
- alto saxophone [24]
- tenor saxophone [24]
- trombone [2]
- piano [22]
- piano [7]
- cornet [1]
- tenor saxophone [2]
- cornet [16-17, 22]
- choir vocals [22]
Issues
- T2006